Posted: 4/21/2010 9:40:08 PM EDT
| I purchased a toughbook CF29 off ebay. It came with an internal GPS and microsoft streets and trips which works well for on road travels. Im looking for a program that will work for off road mapping. Something that will show terrain features and stuff. Anything lke this exist? |
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Can't you do that with Google Earth?
Viewing Realtime GPS Information
If you have connected your portable computer to a GPS device, you can view GPS information in realtime. For example, you can view a live GPS track of your progress in a car on a laptop in Google Earth as you travel. To do this: 1. Connect your GPS device and portable computer as described in steps 1-4 of Importing GPS Data. 2. In the GPS dialog box, click the '>Realtime' tab. 3. Choose the appropriate options: * 'Select protocol' - If you don't know which one to use, choose 'NMEA'. * 'Track point import limit' - This is the maximum number of points imported per poll of the device. A smaller number can result in faster data but a less accurate depiction of your journey, while a larger number can mean the opposite. * <'Polling interval (seconds)' - This is the frequency of which Google Earth collects data from the GPS device. * 'Automatically follow the path' - Check this to have the 3D viewer center on and follow the current realtime GPS track. 4. Click Start to begin realtime GPS tracking. I've been wanting to hack my car's OnStar to do something like that but haven't had a chance. ETA: From a quick search, these look like they might be along similar lines: http://www.gpstm.com/index.php http://www.eye4software.com/products/gpsmapping/ |
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You can only use Google Earth with a GPS if you purchase the enterprise or pro version –– at 400 bucks a year. Awesome program, but I can't find it in me to pay that price for it. Yeah, that sounds right. I remember seeing that before when I was looking into doing this a year or so ago, but I didn't see it on the page that I got that quote from when I was glancing through it. |
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You might want to recheck Google Earth. I'm 99% sure that I've tested this recently with the free version and it worked. If you know a way to do it, I would love to know. "This feature is only available to subscribers of Google Earth Plus" is the error returned when the GPS menu item is selected from the tools menu. |
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Quoted: Quoted: You might want to recheck Google Earth. I'm 99% sure that I've tested this recently with the free version and it worked. If you know a way to do it, I would love to know. "This feature is only available to subscribers of Google Earth Plus" is the error returned when the GPS menu item is selected from the tools menu. I just downloaded and installed the free version and get a very helpful menu when I select the GPS option. |
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You might want to recheck Google Earth. I'm 99% sure that I've tested this recently with the free version and it worked. If you know a way to do it, I would love to know. "This feature is only available to subscribers of Google Earth Plus" is the error returned when the GPS menu item is selected from the tools menu. I just downloaded and installed the free version and get a very helpful menu when I select the GPS option. Hmmm. Which version? I'm pretty sure I've got the latest version at home (I've got the enterprise version here at work), and it gives me the error I listed above –– it pulls up the menu afterwards, but everything is grayed out. |
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HERE is the info on the OnStar hack I mentioned earlier.
I haven't tried it, but when I get time I'd like to. We still had a couple months paid for on our car when we got it but there's no way in hell I can/would keep paying for OnStar service, so the GPS and phone on it are useless. The GPS hack lets you use the GPS built into the OnStar hardware so you can use it like software you're asking about. There's also a bluetooth hack I'd like to try to be able to use the OnStar mic and speakers with my own cell phone. 
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It appears I must have missed an update.
http://freegeographytools.com/2009/gps-support-added-to-free-version-of-google-earth |
