Gps via usb on linux...

[Meico]

has anyone tried to run a gps on a linux computer via usb. there are several out there but I was wondering if any worked well with Linux. Does anyone know how this one is... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 47915&rd=1

[mjbjr]

has anyone tried to run a gps on a linux computer via usb. there are several out there but I was wondering if any worked well with Linux. Does anyone know how this one is... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 47915&rd=1

I've been investigating this, recently, and to my knowledge usb gps units are not supported by the linux software outthere,
though I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

Alot of the linux gps software outthere seems to be pretty old, and supports serial connections, which, on the face of it,
would seem to eliminate them as software that would provide good support of the new usb gps units.

OTOH, usb _is_ a serial protocol, and it may be just a matter of a proper udev rule to create a device the non-usb
software wants to use. I'm not sure whether an app must "speak usb" or not, though, I believe it probably does.

Here's a sourceforge search results page

http://sourceforge.net/search/?type_of_ ... rds=garmin

[DeathFire]

Get one with an FTDI chip in it. I have a Rayming TN-200 USB and it apparently supports linux, I just have never tried it on my linux box.

http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm

Also, apparently support for that GPS is built into 2.4.X.

[rjmckee]

I have had good results with both GPSDrive [in portage] running with a Garmin GPS 18 USB. The Garmin unit came with nRoute software which we use on my wife's laptop (WinXP ). I like the unit better on my Gentoo system, the maps seems better detailed and they can yield topographic views. You can google for sellers ~$110 USD. Now to get my desktop mobile..... My system is Gnome, 2.6.10 kernel.
Try gpsdrive - you'll like it! Both gpsdrive and the nRoute software speak directions as you travel. Satellite acquisition and loss are announced verbally. Route planning is a breeze with real time tracking once underway.
The nRoute package issues a warning not to use it once your vessel/car is underway....kinda assumes a one person usage.