Monday, 26 March 2018

QGIS live GPS tracking /recommended hardware (GPS USB stick)



Is there a list or any other recommendation of certain GPS hardware (esp. GPS USB sticks) working with QGIS? I have been off this topic for far over a decade, and i remember that in former days not all GPS devices worked well with QGIS.


Additional information: Preferred OS at this time is Windows 10.



Answer



So because neither a list nor any recommendations seem to exist, here is my (one-point item at this moment) gps device recommendations list representing the empirical research effort of last weekend.


The device mentioned in my comment above works absolutely well and straightforward:



1) Windows 10 recognizes and installs the device automatically. No driver setup needed:


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2) My first disappointment, that this thing does not work at all was unfounded, because ...


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At first sight I expected the cut edge of the label to flash, but here is only black plastique. Well, ok, the LED is not the lightest I've ever seen...


Ahead to the supplied GPSinfo software, selected COM4: port and 4800 BAUD (Ann.: BAUD is Bit/sec.), sat aquisition took less than 20 seconds:


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And the last small step into QGIS GPS info window:


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And the device was about €40.



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