Re: Using a GPS receiver iwth MS Streets & Trips

The new Earthmate is supposed to be NMEA compliant. But I have not
been able to get MS S&T and Earthmate to work together. By the way,
DeLorme's map is very inaccurate.

Alvin A Brown <alvin1@swbell.net> wrote in message news:<3F045E7A.A89728@swbell.net>...

> Hello
>
> Well I have not used either but from what your saying about MS and
> DeLorme's not wanting to give you supports sounds like your on your
> own as to see if it will work or not. One thing you can do is give it a
> try
> you got nothing to really loose but give it a go
>
> Al
>
>
> Fred Carlson wrote:
>

> > I have been using Microsoft's Streets and Trips for years.
> > Recently I purchased Microsoft's Auto Route which is the
> > European and Great Britain version of Streets and Trips.
> > [ie - same format, instruction set and commands, etc.]
> >
> > I just purchased DeLorme's Earthmate GPS and I need to
> > know if it is compatible with these mapping programs.
> >
> > I called both DeLorme and Microsoft and neither could
> > or would tell. The GPS receiver plugs into the USB
> > port of my Toshiba Satellite laptop and has the latest
> > technology. That is, it is NMEA compliant - 12 channel
> > and WAAS enabled.
> >
> > Since I travel frequently, including Europe, I want to use
> > this GPS with both of these MS programs.
> >
> > Can anyone help me?