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UER Forum > Archived UE Tutorials, Lessons, and Useful Info > GPS recommendation? (Viewed 272 times)
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GPS recommendation?
< on 4/2/2006 5:23 PM >
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Is it useful for UEing and what should I get?

I can find a basic one that lets me mark points, make a map within points I marked, but does not have any map built-in for $70. Is this worth getting or should I consider something else even if it costs more?

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Re: GPS recommendation?
<Reply # 1 on 4/2/2006 5:59 PM >
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Re: GPS recommendation?
<Reply # 2 on 4/8/2006 8:14 AM >
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Well this actually raises a good point, is it worth it just to HAVE GPS or do you really need som advanced system? Well, I say BUY that thing, just make sure it has serial NMEA output. Here's my reasoning: I bought a Garmin Geko. Cheapest GPS unit I could find, very basic, it'll vector map your waypoints as a path but it won't even load basic vector or raster maps.

Enter Gameboy Advance. Using a hack found easily on the web, specifically hackaday.com, I hooked it up to my Gameboy Advance by MacGyvering an interface out of a guitar pick and a link cable. Now I have full colour raster maps on my Gameboy, and since i make the maps myself, I can use images harvested from Googl Earth, with full detail satellite imagery, and street-name overlays. Pimp.

Even if you have to BUY a GBA and flash cartridge for the software, you're only lookin at like $200, and you don't have to get that right away to fully enjoy the GPS unit. simply having a readout of your coords can be enough to find a location you've already scouted on Google Earth. I say buy that cheap POS, because it's ALWAYS nice to have the option

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