Re: [little OT] GPS on a Pocket PC and maybe in Delphi

From: Charles Stack (charles)
Date: 05/28/04 

Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 02:01:16 -0400

I did a home-grown solution that communicated with Trible GPS units for a
mapping project in Delphi I was working on. There are commercial components
out there as well. But, if you have a little free time, some serial
components (AsynchPro is what I used) and the manual, you can roll your own
relatively easily.

Charles

"Tjipke A. van der Plaats" <info@tiriss.com> wrote in message
news:xn0dirvgqhocbg000@newsgroups.borland.com...
> This might be a bit Off topic here, but I am wondering do any of you
> guys have experience with developing an application that uses GPS on a
> Pocket PC (or in Delphi)? If so, what components do you use?
>
> I've seen a few mentioned on
> http://www.gpsdotnet.com/Products/Comparison.aspx but I am not sure on
> the .NET and ActiveX stuff: aren't those very slow on for example an
> iPaq on 200Mhz?
>
> Or do you use your own homegrown implementation?
>
> Any hints are welcome!!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Tjipke
>
>

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