GPS Receiver

I've have had a Globalsat BT338 for many years however the batteries kept failing as it sits on the dashboard in the sun. It also has a 12v power cable.
I recently bought a Globalsat BU-353 Mouse GPS off this site and it works pretty well and gets its power off the Laptop.

I have the two that Richard mentions above also. Both are excellent quality and performance. In my opinion you cant go wrong with the Globalsat products.

One thing maybe worth a think is that the USB GPS will need to see a bit of the sky to work (only a bit) and if its in the USB slot in the laptop then that may be a little issue, hence why I got the GPS mouse, but give it a try .

Bonz

To all of you many thanks for the replay and interest shown, most appreciated, will look in to it a bit more about all of this receiver bit.
Luch

Does your laptop have Bluetooth? I've been using a Haicom Bluetooth GPS receiver for a few months now and it seems a good little unit. Not very expensive (under $100) and very good at getting a signal in poor locations. Check out here for an example. If that doesn't suit, get in touch with the people at Johnny Appleseed. I've used them for all my GPS stuff and they're very helpful.