gps mouse

Gday Steve

Do a search there are plenty of post on here regarding this. I asked this question some time ago and I got some good info back. From what I understand is they work pretty good. Are you thinking about a bluetooth one or cable?

I have owned a Garmin GPS+II for the last 7 or 8 years, and been pretty pleased with it, just mounted on the dash, with no thought of an external antenna. But a recent trip thru the Vic high country, with very thick trees and steep hillsides showed up the lack of satellite coverage in these areas, and I frequently had dropouts or inaccurate readings.
Prior to this, I had considered looking at a usb mouse type gps, but after the Vic experience, whatever I upgrade to would have to be an external unit, either an antenna or a mouse (bluetooth?) gps.
Another reason for upgrading to a usb or bluetooth system is the erratic performance of my usb-serial converter (Jaycar), which often doesn't start properly (crap software driver) causing conflicts with the mouse/touchpad.
Gerry

www.gpsoz.com.au
www.garmin.com

The garmin unit is GPS 10 but thats about $330 the other start from $110 to $ 350

Or search ebay .

Nothing wrong with the USB mouse system, at leasrt you have power from Laptop running it.
If you buy Bluetooth GPS that shares NMEA youcan have laptop, and PDA or another laptop running at same time, same silly but it's nice to have 2 different maps going at same time,

I have a GPS mouse and it is great (certainly much cheaper and more compact..... allbeit you can't use it without the laptop).

I must say, however, that when I 1st got it and was using it "bluetac'ed" to the dash it did have times where it couldn't see the satellites. I now have the answer and put it between the glass and slide back cover of the sun roof and it works a treat. The cable is much more user friendly also coming down from above virtually in the centre of the vehicle compared to running from the dash.

No good unless you have a sunroof of course... lol

Trev