It should work on any version of Windows, and any GPS (assuming your GPS has Windows drivers, or has a serial COM port connection).
Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: Life My Way [mailto:lifemy...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 8:43 PM > To: gw-scripting@gwmicro.com > Subject: Re: GPS 2.0 > > what kind of computer/ or gps unit will this work on? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allison and Chip Orange" <acora...@comcast.net> > To: <gw-scripting@gwmicro.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:33 PM > Subject: GPS 2.0 > > > Hi all, > > Just an FYI for anyone who might consider a GPS > location-based app: I have > released the GPS shared object library version 2.0. > > It includes a new class which holds a lat-lon point, and has > a group of > methods which compute for you the distance to another point, > the bearing to > another point, the relative bearing to another point (e.g. > it's 10 degrees > to your left/right of your current heading), and string > descriptive versions > of these results which offer distance expressed as miles or > feet depending > upon the distance, and the relative bearing expressed as a clock-face > instruction (e.g. "it's at your 2 o'clock" or "it's > north-east of you"). > > Added menu options for the shared object which allow the user > to turn on/off > sound effects to be played when the GPS is first detected, > when a fix is > established, when the fix is lost or the GPS connection is lost, etc. > > Also included is a small sample app named My_Location (meant really to > demonstrate how easy it is to use the GPS shared object), > which will send a > string of your current latitude and longitude into the active > window when > you press the hotkey. You might use this as part of your > email signature > for instance. > > I hope it might help stimulate interest in location-based > apps; I have one > I'm working on when time permits. > > Enjoy (and please let me know of problems or requests), > > Chip > >
