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Posted by Andy Mabbett on March 8, 2007, 3:44 pm



I recently acquired a Nikkai GPS dongle:

<http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?TabID=1&ModuleNo=99314&doy=8m3>

for use, via Bluetooth, with my iPaq 3870. Eventually, I may buy mapping
software, but in the meantime I need an application which will read my
location from the dongle and return it as a latitude/ longitude pair.

Any suggestions (preferably free?)

--
Andy Mabbett
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Posted by Darren Griffin - PocketGPSWorl on March 8, 2007, 4:44 pm


Andy Mabbett wrote:

> I recently acquired a Nikkai GPS dongle:
> for use, via Bluetooth, with my iPaq 3870. Eventually, I may buy
> mapping software, but in the meantime I need an application which
> will read my location from the dongle and return it as a latitude/
> longitude pair.
> Any suggestions (preferably free?)

It's not a 'dongle' it's a Bluetooth GPS receiver ;) Leadtek's Winfast
Navigator will do what you require. Available in the download area at
http://www.leadtek.com.tw .


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Posted by Andy Mabbett on March 8, 2007, 7:16 pm



>> I recently acquired a Nikkai GPS dongle:
>> for use, via Bluetooth, with my iPaq 3870. Eventually, I may buy
>> mapping software, but in the meantime I need an application which
>> will read my location from the dongle and return it as a latitude/
>> longitude pair.
>> Any suggestions (preferably free?)

>Leadtek's Winfast Navigator will do what you require.

Thank you.

I managed to find a copy, have installed it, and the dongle, er,
Bluetooth GPS receiver has fixed its position and is seen by the iPaq.

However, if I tell the Winfast software to "connect", it does nothing
but report "connect...".

Also, I can't seem to find any documentation... :-(

--
Andy Mabbett
* Say "NO!" to compulsory ID Cards: <http://www.no2id.net/>
* Free Our Data: <http://www.freeourdata.org.uk>
* Are you using Microformats, yet: <http://microformats.org/> ?

Posted by Andy Mabbett on March 8, 2007, 7:46 pm



>However, if I tell the Winfast software to "connect", it does nothing
>but report "connect...".

Ignore that; I'm connected now.

However:

1 - I can't find a way to stop the software "Pinging" every few
seconds.

2 - There doesn't seem to be any way to capture the lat/ long values
to the clipboard!

(I have Winfast Navigator 1.0.1)

--
Andy Mabbett
* Say "NO!" to compulsory ID Cards: <http://www.no2id.net/>
* Free Our Data: <http://www.freeourdata.org.uk>
* Are you using Microformats, yet: <http://microformats.org/> ?

Posted by DavidM on March 9, 2007, 4:01 am


* Andy Mabbett wrote, On 09/03/2007 00:46:
>
>> However, if I tell the Winfast software to "connect", it does nothing
>> but report "connect...".
>
> Ignore that; I'm connected now.
>
> However:
>
> 1 - I can't find a way to stop the software "Pinging" every few
> seconds.
>
> 2 - There doesn't seem to be any way to capture the lat/ long values
> to the clipboard!
>
> (I have Winfast Navigator 1.0.1)
>

This looks like version 1.3;
http://www.leadtek.com/eng/support/download.asp?license=y&downlineid=179&downline=LR9559X

Might be worth a try.
DavidM

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