[MLB-WIRELESS] USB GPS receivers - Any good?

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

Ask Mr President.

He's got a USB GPS unit from Rojone(?)

Works fine with NetStumbler.  In fact we used it on the "Great War-Drive of
'69" which you may heard about.

>Howdy,
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> I was looking to get a GPS unit to enable me to do some stuffing around
>with net stumbler. The idea being to plot some coverage maps of the local
>area.
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> I have zero experience with connecting a GPS to a laptop. Has anyone
tried
>the cheap USB units? Are they compatible with Netstumbler? Or am I better
>using a standalone unit with a data cable to the PC?
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> This is something like what i'm looking at getting:
>http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3039172824&category=
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>68
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> Any comments?
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>Regards,
>g at z.
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