Help Me choose GPS
 

I have been wanting to join the nokia family for a while so i just scored a new N800 for $60 shipped!

i want to get a gps reciever i have read that people like the holus m1000. I was looking at another unit for 5 bux more that had better specs. heres links to both so you can compare.
http://www.buygpsnow.com/holux-m1000...mount-826.aspx

and

http://www.buygpsnow.com/GlobalTop-G...-Off)_914.aspx


the GlobalTop is 5hz and 20 hours, and its 51 channels.
for 5 bux more what do you think? thanks

Re: Help Me choose GPS
 

go for 5hz refresh

Re: Help Me choose GPS
 

http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/t...TOPIC_ID=67511

thats what I have.

No problems at all.

Re: Help Me choose GPS
 

excellent, thanks guys, is there a place to get these cheaper? and whats the best mapping software? ive only heard of maemo mapper, is there better?

Re: Help Me choose GPS
 

All receivers mentioned above work fine. Any NMEA-compatible GPS (most are) will work. Go for SiRF star III chipset (i.e. the iblue one), or the MTK chipset (the one in the units in the first posting). As for 5Hz, 5Hz is sometimes nicer than 1Hz (faster updates, you can imagine yourself where that would or would not make a difference), but 5Hz uses more GPS battery than 1Hz. The M1000 is 1Hz out of the box, but there was a thread here a while ago about a utility program to switch it to 5Hz for those who needs it.

Re: Help Me choose GPS
 

i-Blue 757 solar bluetooth gps receiver is by far the best gps unit for traveling, a lil priceE but so worth it