Re: Garmin VistaC and LegendC
From: Gilles Kohl [MVP] (gilles_at__deletethisincludingunderlines_compuserve.com)
Date: 08/27/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 07:48:41 +0200
Dale,
>It is not a matter of application software. USB is a master/slave
>protocol. A PDA is a slave and a GPS is a slave so they can't talk to
>each other. So much for superior USB. The PDA folks wil first have to
>build a PDA that support HOST mode (a few do today) and then the
>software can use the Host mode to talke to a GPS. Don't look for this to
>be a universal solution any time soon.
In addition, I'm not aware of a standard like NMEA when it comes to
USB GPS. Moving away from serial also means (AFAICT) moving to
proprietary even for things like simple moving map apps - "use our
software with our GPS". IMHO this is deplorable for the consumer.
Regards,
Gilles.
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