Holux Gm-270 Ultra Cf Gps Receiver

[+dnd2n2]

can the Holux GM-270 Ultra CF GPS Receiver be used for geocaching and does anyone know how it works?

[+Cymbaline]

Looking at the specs, it's a 12 parallel channel, WAAS-enabled receiver.

Specs: http://www.holux.com.tw/Temp%20web/GM-270.html

 

So yeah, technically it *should* work.

 

That said, it doesn't look like it has any sort of provided software, but does provide for an "emulated COM interface".

 

I guess you could use it with Delorme or other COM-enabled mapping application on a laptop PC, but those are kind of ackward to carry around in the woods.

 

If you have a CF-slotted PDA of some sort and associated mapping software on it (that would at least display your lat/long), that would be more efficient.

 

Me, I wouldn't use it.

Edited August 2, 2005 by Cymbaline

[+dnd2n2]

Thanks for the help!

[Major Catastrophe]

I don't own one, but have "road tested" the GM-270 Ultra CF with an Ipaq 2410. It worked just fine using the Pharaos Ostia mapping program, so I don't see any reason why it won't do the same with any other program.

 

Keep in mind, that all GPS receivers provide essentially the same data, and they also all communicate using standard protocols (NMEA) so that external devices can use the GPS receiver's output.

 

The GM-270 has a jack for an external antenna, which I did not try but would certainly be a useful tool, and unusual in such an inexpensive unit.