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Using my phone's GPS with a laptop app

How can I use my phone's GPS with a program like Streets and Trips or Street Atlas?
I often use my laptop while on the road (the wife drives) and would prefer a better option than TT6 Navigator.

you might have to get a USB gps puck for the laptop

GPS
Does that mean it can not be done? I have an interest in this also.

you need...
you need to expose your GPS to an external serial BT port. I think there is a tool called BlueGPS that does this. You can then use BT on your laptop to get the NMEA output. It makes your integrated GPS phone act like a BT GPS device for your laptop.

JonnoB said:
you need to expose your GPS to an external serial BT port. I think there is a tool called BlueGPS that does this. You can then use BT on your laptop to get the NMEA output. It makes your integrated GPS phone act like a BT GPS device for your laptop.
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I use BlueGPS with my tilt over USB and it works well, except if I try to use Internet Sharing or WMWifiRouter it disconnects the com port. I haven't been able to get BlueGPS to work with Bluetooth of Wifi yet. So it only works with programs that have the maps on the computer and not ones like GooPS that get the maps from the Internet.
Mike H

I downloaded the BlueGPS CAB, but cannot seem to get it to work.
Any specific instructions on how to get this BlueGPS work on the phone and have the laptop computer use the phones internal GPS receiver over bluetooth?
Attached is the BlueGPS installer CAB.
Thanks
Ron

Old thread...but after much investigation, I have discovered what you need is gps2blue, not BlueGPS!
gps2blue is free, and will do what is desired here.

GPS2Blue
GPS2Blue is here: http://users.skynet.be/hofinger/GPS2Blue.html
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Is this program only for PDA or is there possibility for Andoid device...

Use the phone as a GPS mouse???????

I don't now or this is the right place to ask this question so I will crosspost it aswell in the software section.
Is it possible to conect the Diamond with a laptop and use the GPS receiver as a external GPS mouse, and if so is this possible by USB or/and bluetooth
Thanks in advanced
Willem

google gps2blue
HTH
Kim

Take a look at Franson GPSGate, it lets you share the GPS data through activesync, using bluetooth or cable.

GPS Out

Hmmmm is it possible to use the Diamond as an External GPS, connected to a laptop and read the Nema Data and do "stuff" with it?
With the Trinity I could do this (with some tirckery) over bluetooth, handy for wardriving when coupled with netstumbler

In Built GPS using with laptop

Hello
I have some gps software on my laptop. i was wondering if anyone has used the gps unit on the tytn/touch pro wiht a laptop. ie configure the gps on com4 as a outgoing port to use with laptop/computer.
thanks
s

saleemarshad said:
Hello
I have some gps software on my laptop. i was wondering if anyone has used the gps unit on the tytn/touch pro wiht a laptop. ie configure the gps on com4 as a outgoing port to use with laptop/computer.
thanks
s
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Try http://franson.com/gpsgate/
This is not free, but I guess you can try the trial version. In the windows mobile client you can use activesync as output and connect your phone to your computer. gpsgate should work on your computer after some configuration, I don't have full details but you can read at the above link.
I use gpsgate on my phone but I did not try on my computer.

I actually ordered a usb GPS 'dongle' and it's about the size of a USB flash drive or a BT dongle. I originally planned on taking it apart and hardwiring it into the motherboard of my laptop, but I think i'm going to hold off on it. Might make a good alternative to using the BT on your phone for GPS though.

There is a free app called GPS2BLUE (I think) that can send GPS data to your laptop through BT. I never test it, but as I remember, this was what it was made for.

Is there an app that will allow the Nexus to act as an external GPS for a laptop?

In my old iPaq days I used an application called GPSGate that would allow me to use the GPS of my iPaq 6515 as an external GPS via USB or Bluetooth and connect to my laptop.
The NMEA data would then stream to the laptop and voila, GPS data on the lappie.
I have searched and hunted and cannot seem to find an equivalent app for the Android envionment, anyone seen one...?

I also searched for this one month's ago but also couldn't find anything. hope someone here knows.

Update
SO far I have found two apps that MAYwith work be able to work.
BlueNMEA which is supposed to pass the NMEA GPS data via Bluetooth from N1 to the computer.
So far I get it running, seems to be pulling data, can set up a BT connection but I simply can't get the PC to "see" the COM 3 port and data.
Not sure if the issue is with the app or with the BT stack implementation on Android
GPS Tether
This one sets up a GPSD process running on the N1 and is supposedly useable via USB and ADB and port forwarding.
I have tried it a slightly different way which is tantalizingly close to working. I have set up the N1 with WiFi terhering on and associate the PC with it. Once up and running I can run a terminal session via IP and can connect to the port but it still has problems with passing data.
All these have been tried with a Win7 box so I am going to see if a Ubuntu box may have different results.......