Registered: Sep 1999
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Posts: 12

Anyone know if it's possible/how to hook a stand-alone GPS (like a Magellen ColorTRAK) to a Visor for use with software like HandMap? I'd assume you can't just plug it into the hotsync port, since it's not serial. Anyone have any ideas?

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Beverly, MA
Posts: 125

I don't know whether or not this is possible. But I suspect that by the time you came up with a solution, you would have saved money by waiting for one of the Springboard GPS modules that is forthcoming (some people even report that they have received and are using the HandyGPS module).

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Posts: 12

Yeah, but I'm not sure how the HandyGPS modules stack up against a stand-alone as far as things like channels, ability to handle tree-cover, etc... I need this for serious stuff. }

Registered: Feb 2000
Location:
Posts: 638

There was a topic a while back about this exact problem. I think that someone came up with a solution, do a search and I'll bet you'll find it.
BEN

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Beverly, MA
Posts: 125

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Originally posted by sillydragon:
Yeah, but I'm not sure how the HandyGPS modules stack up against a stand-alone as far as things like channels, ability to handle tree-cover, etc... I need this for serious stuff. }

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Well, yes, that's valid. There are some initial impressions of it in a thread in the Springboard forum. So if you've been spoiled by a high quality standalone GPS system, the HandyGPS would probably be a shock to your system. But for those of us who don't have any kind of GPS, any GPS is better than no GPS.