Any one using Googles GPS app? Is it worth $24.99 to usw with Google maps
on a laptop?

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:57:41 +0000 (UTC), CF <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote (with clarity & insight):

>Any one using Googles GPS app? Is it worth $24.99 to usw with Google maps
>on a laptop?

I can use a $20 GPS USB "mouse" with free Google Earth. I can use the
GPS in my phone with free Google Maps.

Are those what you're asking about?

On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:57:41 +0000 (UTC), CF <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Any one using Googles GPS app? Is it worth $24.99 to usw with Google maps
>on a laptop?

GPS integration used to be available only with the Pro version of
Google Earth, which you had to pay for. In the more recent releases
that function is now available in the free version also.

I still haven't been able to get realtime GPS tracking to work with
Google Earth. I can't find a way to tell GE which serial com port to
look at to get the incoming NMEA data. Has anyone else been able to
get this working?

Chris

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:10:12 +0800, Chris Blunt <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:57:41 +0000 (UTC), CF <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>Any one using Googles GPS app? Is it worth $24.99 to usw with Google maps
>>on a laptop?
>
>GPS integration used to be available only with the Pro version of
>Google Earth, which you had to pay for. In the more recent releases
>that function is now available in the free version also.
>
>I still haven't been able to get realtime GPS tracking to work with
>Google Earth. I can't find a way to tell GE which serial com port to
>look at to get the incoming NMEA data. Has anyone else been able to
>get this working?
>
>Chris

I just tried it. It seems to work just fine for real time tracking
without a serial port connection. I have it connected to a Garmin
76 CSx via USB and it is working correctly. I went to the help
function and clicked on "User Guide" then I chose "Using GPS devices
with Google Earth" and followed the instructions for setting it up.

Now if we could only download the data for this to show when not
connected to the Internet it would be great. Anybody know of a way
to do this? I do it with USA Photomaps but the user interface
leaves a lot to be desired.
--
Larry
Citrus Co. Fl.

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:43:33 -0400, Larry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
(with clarity & insight):

>Now if we could only download the data for this to show when not
>connected to the Internet it would be great. Anybody know of a way
>to do this? I do it with USA Photomaps but the user interface
>leaves a lot to be desired.

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archi...h_offline.html

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:43:33 -0400, Larry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:10:12 +0800, Chris Blunt <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:57:41 +0000 (UTC), CF <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Any one using Googles GPS app? Is it worth $24.99 to usw with Google maps
>>>on a laptop?
>>
>>GPS integration used to be available only with the Pro version of
>>Google Earth, which you had to pay for. In the more recent releases
>>that function is now available in the free version also.
>>
>>I still haven't been able to get realtime GPS tracking to work with
>>Google Earth. I can't find a way to tell GE which serial com port to
>>look at to get the incoming NMEA data. Has anyone else been able to
>>get this working?
>>
>>Chris
>
>I just tried it. It seems to work just fine for real time tracking
>without a serial port connection. I have it connected to a Garmin
>76 CSx via USB and it is working correctly. I went to the help
>function and clicked on "User Guide" then I chose "Using GPS devices
>with Google Earth" and followed the instructions for setting it up.

Thanks for that.

Maybe Google Earth only works with GPS devices that connect via a USB
port, but even then I still don't see how it knows which USB port to
look at. There's doesn't seem to be any configuration options that
allow you to associate Google Earth with a particular device attached
to the computer.

I'm using a Bluetooth GPS, and when that connects to the computer
Windows creates a serial port called com 8. I can read the incoming
data stream from the GPS using software that came with the device, but
not with Google Earth.

Chris

On Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:08:19 +0800, Chris Blunt <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote (with clarity & insight):

>I'm using a Bluetooth GPS, and when that connects to the computer
>Windows creates a serial port called com 8. I can read the incoming
>data stream from the GPS using software that came with the device, but
>not with Google Earth.

If you know the Com port then you should be able to see the stream in
Hyperterm too. Maybe it's not outputting NMEA?

Chris Blunt wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:43:33 -0400, Larry <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:10:12 +0800, Chris Blunt <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 18:57:41 +0000 (UTC), CF <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Any one using Googles GPS app? Is it worth $24.99 to usw with
>>>> Google maps on a laptop?
>>>
>>> GPS integration used to be available only with the Pro version of
>>> Google Earth, which you had to pay for. In the more recent releases
>>> that function is now available in the free version also.
>>>
>>> I still haven't been able to get realtime GPS tracking to work with
>>> Google Earth. I can't find a way to tell GE which serial com port to
>>> look at to get the incoming NMEA data. Has anyone else been able to
>>> get this working?
>>>
>>> Chris
>>
>> I just tried it. It seems to work just fine for real time tracking
>> without a serial port connection. I have it connected to a Garmin
>> 76 CSx via USB and it is working correctly. I went to the help
>> function and clicked on "User Guide" then I chose "Using GPS devices
>> with Google Earth" and followed the instructions for setting it up.
>
> Thanks for that.
>
> Maybe Google Earth only works with GPS devices that connect via a USB
> port, but even then I still don't see how it knows which USB port to look at.

It doesnt need to, it just sends out the appropriate interrogation of a GPS device and sees if anything responds.

> There's doesn't seem to be any configuration options that allow you to
> associate Google Earth with a particular device attached to the computer.

> I'm using a Bluetooth GPS, and when that connects to the computer
> Windows creates a serial port called com 8. I can read the incoming
> data stream from the GPS using software that came with the device,
> but not with Google Earth.

Bluetooth is different to USB.

On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 06:27:19 +1000, "Rod Speed"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote (with clarity & insight):

>Bluetooth is different to USB.

Uh, yes. Maybe you've got a point you'd like to make?

Wayne R. wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Jul 2010 06:27:19 +1000, "Rod Speed"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote (with clarity & insight):
>
>> Bluetooth is different to USB.
>
> Uh, yes. Maybe you've got a point you'd like to make?

The point was obvious in the quoting you carefully deleted.