basher_boy Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 It has been a while since I have been on this forum. I have run into a small problem using my GPSr at work. At my company we have all our field staff have been using etrex legends and laptops for all our GPS and navigation needs. We need to take GPS coords by hand in the field, and we also need to navigate to a day's stops using turn by turn directions throughout the state. Laptops and the etrex legend have been working great. Here is the problem--we have been outfiting the staff with new laptops--lo and behold the new laptops don't have COM ports to hook up the old Etrexs, they only have USB and Firewire. I am looking at getting stand alone in-car navigation stuff like the the NUVI, but they have no real abilty to take GPSr coords in the field. What are your expert suggestions? Thanks Quote Link to comment
+Sputnik 57 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Far cheaper to get USB-to-serial converters and keep using the legends. Quote Link to comment
QuigleyJones Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 (edited) Or you could say that theres no way around it and that the companys going to need to buy new GPS's with USB conections (like the Legend Cx) Edited March 6, 2007 by QuigleyJones Quote Link to comment
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