Re: [CentOS] USB GPS

2010-02-14 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 12:29:25AM -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > Mathieu Baudier wrote: > >> Anyone ever used the iGPS-500 under CentOS 5? Any recommendations on a > >> USB-based GPS that "just works"? > >> > > > > I use the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx on CentOS. > > This is a very good device (but m

Re: [CentOS] USB GPS

2010-02-12 Thread Michael A. Peters
John R Pierce wrote: > Mathieu Baudier wrote: >>> Anyone ever used the iGPS-500 under CentOS 5? Any recommendations on a >>> USB-based GPS that "just works"? >>> >> I use the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx on CentOS. >> This is a very good device (but more for "offroad" activities). >> > > there's t

Re: [CentOS] USB GPS

2010-02-12 Thread John R Pierce
Mathieu Baudier wrote: >> Anyone ever used the iGPS-500 under CentOS 5? Any recommendations on a >> USB-based GPS that "just works"? >> > > I use the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx on CentOS. > This is a very good device (but more for "offroad" activities). > there's two generic families of GPS's, s

Re: [CentOS] USB GPS

2010-02-12 Thread Mathieu Baudier
> Anyone ever used the iGPS-500 under CentOS 5?  Any recommendations on a > USB-based GPS that "just works"? I use the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx on CentOS. This is a very good device (but more for "offroad" activities). When you connect the USB cable it is identified as a /dev/ttyUSB0 device that you c

Re: [CentOS] USB GPS

2010-02-11 Thread Michael A. Peters
Ray Van Dolson wrote: > Anyone ever used the iGPS-500 under CentOS 5? Any recommendations on a > USB-based GPS that "just works"? > I do not have personal experience but I hear the Garmin models work well. I have a serial port Garmin model that works well with gpsbabel, and I believe the setup