AFAIK Windows 8 doesn't provide ways to expose the Location API as a virtual COM port (it's a feature that many users are asking). A solution would be the use of a driver to expose the Location API as NMEA provider.
Here two examples are provided: - http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/Sensors-Geolocation-Driver-5f2a11d6 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windows/hardware/ff545919(v=vs.85).aspx giovanni 2013/6/5 Nathan Woodrow <madman...@gmail.com> > Well it's more a feature then a bug, but it does need to be fixed. We > need to be able to access the internal GPS without the user needing to > install another bit of software. > > - Nathan > > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Bill_Williamson < > bill.william...@productivewaterservices.com.au> wrote: > >> So there is no bug in QGIS. >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-on-Windows-8-with-GPS-tp5053768p5058106.html >> Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> _______________________________________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > -- Giovanni Allegri http://about.me/giovanniallegri blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://bit.ly/GEOplus
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