We use the BU353 for our commercial application and it's quite good. Make sure to get the SiRF Star 4 version. We get them from GPS City in Calgary, cheaper than the link you posted. I don't think I've ever seen them locally however. On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 10:07 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca> wrote: > > having never messed with GPS before, i'd like to pick up a decent > but inexpensive USB GPS receiver this weekend for linux > experimentation, but i have yet to find a place that sells same -- my > regular go-to of canada computers claims to have none. > > i can see where i can order one online: > > http://www.canadagps.com/MouseGPSMain.html > > and what little i know of GPS suggests i'd want something like the > GlobalSat BU-353 -- something that talks NMEA: > > > http://www.usglobalsat.com/p-688-bu-353-s4.aspx#images/product/large/688.jpg > > but i'm open to suggestions, especially where something can be > purchased in town. > > rday > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >
