Re: Garmin 60CS, snow skiing, use in coat pocket

From: Peter (prathman_at_comcast.net)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 21:03:09 -0800

William Wood wrote:

> And I assume it uses the serial port, not the USB port?

All ports to GPS devices are serial. Mine has an RS-232
port and that's what I use for USAPhotoMaps. Others use
USB (Univ. Serial Bus) protocol and that's also supported
by USAPhotoMaps.
I have never seen a GPS receiver with a parallel port, which
would be the alternative to serial.

> "Peter" <prathman@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:CZOdnenJg4pL9DzcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
>
>>William Wood wrote:
>>.
>>
>>BTW, the answer to your other question is that USAPhotoMaps will load
>>the tracklog directly from Garmin and Magellan GPS receivers and display
>>the track in your choice of color and line width on either the aerial
>>photos or the USGS topo maps from the Terraserver.

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