Hoi Marc, I can second this. I used up untill yesterday (I stupidly lost it while tracking) a same (but rebranded) I-Blue bt747. As I'm a linux user, I used mtkbabel to read the data.
It's indeed a excellent device, and have also logged from Italy to Belgium (by car, 13 hours every second, about 75% capacity used) without a problem. The only 'disadvantage' is it has no screen, so when setting waypoints you can loose count. Regards, Peter 'Toi' Leemans Luc Van den Troost wrote: > Hi, > > For some time now I use > > http://www.gpsshop.be/product/64337/qstarz-bt-q818x-bluetooth-gps-receiver.html > > Price at gpsshop is currently 76 euro. > > It can be used by connecting it over USB, or over bluetooth. > > The software with the device is windows only - and is quite good - but > I am using it mostly on mac with free software called BT747 that works > perfectly. Similar or the same software must work with linux, but > didn't try that out yet. > > You can use it as external gps device for your computer, but it works > as well as GPS tracker. Usefull for geotagging pictures or to make > tracks for using in OSM. > > Having my settings at 1 trackpoint every second I can log over 24 > hours with it! Power autonomy is at least of similar time (I never ran > out of power, even with a 20 hours log from Italy home over Germany > with the car-train) > > Luc / Speedy > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Marc Coevoet <sintsix...@gmail.com > <mailto:sintsix...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > Did anybody use this one: > http://www.expansys.be/d.aspx?i=178141 > > for sale at Maplins too: > http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=256536&C=SO&U=strat15 > <http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=256536&C=SO&U=strat15> > > > I want to use it with linux. > > > Tech data/info: > GiSTEQ’s USB GPS dongle is GPS receiver with a size of a USB > drive. Its > compact size makes it ultraportable for its users. As the rise of the > Netbook, the demand of GPS-enabled computing is continuing to > increase. > With GiSTEQ’s USB GPS, user can easily add GPS function to their > Netbooks, Eee PCs, UMPCs or Laptops for different applications. It’s > compatible with most desktop mapping software available in the market. > Baud rate is adjustable for different purposes. It is also > optimized for > superb performance. The 65 parallel channels and the -160dBm > sensitivity > provide short start-up time and fast signal acquisition. Having fast > time-to-first-fix and the high sensitivity chipset, the USB dongle > offers great performance even in urban canyons. AGPS and SBAS (WAAS, > EGNOS) support are also available in the GPS unit. > > *Package Includes:* > > * 1 GPS USB Dongle Receiver > * 1 Software CD > * 1 USB cable > * User's Manual *Additional Features: * > > * Add GPS to your laptop/Netbook > * Compact - USB drive size > * High sensitivity GPS receiver > * 65 channels "all in view" tracking > * SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS) support > * Compatible with most GPS mapping software > * AGPS support > * Support most laptop, Eee PC/Netbook, UMPC > * Compatible with Windows and Mac > > > •Specification•65 channels satellite tracking•Cold/Warm/Hot start > time: > 29/10/1 seconds•Superior sensitivity: -160dBm tracking•Update > Rate: 1 Hz > (max)•Dynamics: 4G (39.2 m/sec2)•Dimension: 2.89 in (L) x 1.06 in > (W) x > 0.39 in (H)•Support standard NMEA-0183 at 4800/9600/19200/38400 > bps•GPS > protocol: NMEA +0183 - GGA, GSA, GSV, GLL, RMC, VTG, ZDA•DATUM: WGS84 > (User Definable)•Support AGPS•SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS) support•Support > G-mouse > function•Accuracy:•o Position: 5m CEP without SA•o Velocity: 0.1m/sec, > without SA•o Time: +/- 50ns synchronized to GPS time•Operation Limits: > Altitude <18,000 m or Velocity < 515 m/s•Operating Temperature: -40 > degrees celsius to 85 degrees celsius; Humidity: 5% ~ 95%•USB 2.0•USB > powered•Power Consumption <42 mA (1Hz standard version) > > > > > -- > Shortwave transmissions in English, Francais, Nederlands, Deutsch, > Suid-Afrikaans, Chinese, Dansk, Urdu, Cantonese, Greek, Spanish, > Portuguese, ... > http://users.fulladsl.be/spb13810/swlist/ http://radiolanguages.tk > Stations list: http://users.fulladsl.be/spb13810/txlist/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-be@openstreetmap.org> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > Talk-be@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
