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Automobile Navigation With A Windows 11 Laptop Computer And A USB GPS Receiver

 
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 9:08pm

A friend called my a while ago. He is using a USB GPS receiver amd is looking for navigation software with maps for it. Does anybody here have any thoughts on what to use?

Is there a way to make Google Maps on the laptop get data from the GPS receiver and do navigation?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073P3Y48Q?starsLeft=1&ref_=cm_sw_...

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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 9:33pm

Laptop navigation.

I don't know the answer to this, but it sure reminds me of the good ol' days with Delorme Street Atlas USA and their LT-20 and LT-40 USB "puck" GPS receivers. I still have a couple of those laying around in my junk drawer. It was my first experience with GPS navigation using a Windows 98 laptop (or maybe it was XT?).

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Mon, 03/18/2024 - 9:38pm

Street Atlas

alandb wrote:

I don't know the answer to this, but it sure reminds me of the good ol' days with Delorme Street Atlas USA and their LT-20 and LT-40 USB "puck" GPS receivers. I still have a couple of those laying around in my junk drawer. It was my first experience with GPS navigation using a Windows 98 laptop (or maybe it was XT?).

I still have Topo 7 and Street Atlas USA Plus 2015 running on a Virtual Win 7 machine on my Mac. Plus a handful of pucks and cables. I sure miss it, also.

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Frank DriveSmart55 37.322760, -79.511267
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 10:00pm

Check the reviews

Jim1348 wrote:

A friend called my a while ago. He is using a USB GPS receiver amd is looking for navigation software with maps for it. Does anybody here have any thoughts on what to use?

Is there a way to make Google Maps on the laptop get data from the GPS receiver and do navigation?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073P3Y48Q?starsLeft=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_DXSERJZCR09M4T3SGDWD

Check the reviews at the link you provided. 18% are 3 or lower, and many of the reviews indicate poor reliability. A better source might be the GPS Store. They deal with this type of product all the time. See https://www.thegpsstore.com/GPS-Units/Laptop-Tablet-GPS

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John from PA