![]() Since my laptop provides no male serial ports, in order to connect the device I needed an adapter for this I opted to purchase a Belkin Serial Port to USB adapter (an F5U109) which works great the cable used to connect the device to a computer was provided with the device.įigure 1: Getting Present Position from the GPS ![]() Nothing exotic or expensive was used in this project the GPS source was a provided by my Garmin eTrex Legend handheld GPS purchased for about $100.00 (a nice little GPS but not the high end to be sure). This article does not address how the GPS device works or everything that can be gleaned from the NEMA 0183 string outputted from most GPS devices rather, the article is intended for those just interested in getting present position from a GPS and using that point to do something interesting like show you where you are on a map. This article shall describe a very simple approach to working with a GPS device within the context of a C# application.
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