[Geocaching on Laptop]

Can you connect your Bluetooth GPS to your Eee PC? (My 701 doesn't have Bluetooth.)

 

Are you running XP or Linux?

 

As long as you can get the GPS to communicate with your Eee PC, and if you are running Windows XP, you might want to talk a look at OziExplorer http://www.oziexplorer.com/. You can load any scanned map of your choice (topo, street map, etc), and you can download geocache coordinates to the software as "waypoints", and have real-time moving map functionality from the GPS showing you the distance and bearing to your waypoints (geocaches).

 

It works fine for me, but I am running with a Garmin Summit HC using the standard USB interface, so getting the GPSr to talk to the OziExplorer software is simple - I don't know how OziExplorer goes with Bluetooth devices (especially on the Eee).

 

Hope this helps!

 

Yes I can connect it to my Eee pc, I am quite an avid modder of computers, It originally ran on Linux as they all did at release but I replaced it with XP pro SP2 and now SP3 and have Overclocked the CPU to 900mhz (By flashing the BIOS to a beta version that was cut before the 701 was released, it unlocked all the available multipliers), installed 2gb of 667mhz RAM, an internal bluetooth dongle, a touchscreen, an N1 class wireless receiver instead of the G and an internal HSDPA modem.. though when you think about it those are all basic mods really. As you can see it is quite a capable little machine.

Check out the forums here for great resources about it all.

 

Thank you very much for the recommendation of OziExplorer, I will definitely take a good look at it.

[Geocaching on Laptop]

Thank you for your concern but it is quite a small and light laptop being one of the Asus EEE-701 laptops, it is easy to carry around in one hand.

 

It's small size combined with a HSDPA modem and the GPS receiver should make it a powerful tool surely? This is why I would like to have it work.

[Geocaching on Laptop]

Hello everyone, I am new to all this but I am really excited about getting started on it all but I have questions that I need help with if that's not too much trouble.

 

I don't have a handheld GPS unit, I have a bluetooth GPS receiver for computers, It did not come with software and I am a little lost as to what software I need. This is the one I have, is it usable?

 

Preferably I think I would like software that will show my location on a map and allow me to set waypoints, this is what I need to Geocache yes?

 

I'm sorry I sound like a complete idiot but I just need a helping hand to get going and then I'm sure it'll be fine.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

 

Edit - Sorry, I forgot to say that my laptop is running XP pro. That is important ;p