It has been fun to sit back and see what people have to contribute about the various receivers. I'll add a few points. We would have just had one generic GPS receiver option in the menu if the Magellan receivers hadn't had one annoying quirk. When you stop moving, the direction of travel resets to North 0 degrees. I haven't found other brands that do this. The others retain the direction of travel, even when you stop moving. For the Magellan, we had to write some code which captured the last direction of travel when a person came to a stop and to maintain that direction on the BrailleNote until the user started to move again. Otherwise, all your relative directions where out of whack. The option that says Garmin actually works with Magellan or any other receiver I have tried. Try it with a Magellan and you'll see what I mean about the direction of travel when you stop moving. You'll see some changes to the GPS receiver section of the Options menu in Version 3. Chip is correct that we don't want to officially support all receivers because then we would have to know how to configure them, how the buttons were laid out, etc. We write a Getting Started guide for receivers we support as well as converting the PDF manuals into text format. Everyone should have that copyrighted Getting Started document in the documents folder of their CF card or it would be emailed if a receiver was ordered separately. I first started evaluating the Earthmate after Chip talked about it on this list. It is a bit more complicated if one uses it with a serial cradle as BrailleNote users must. An extra cable is required and a means then of attaching the receiver to the shoulder strap is required. We currently use an elastic band because that keeps a low profile and it covers the small receiver so people on the street don't notice it so much. This might address your issue John G. Size, convenience, reliability, cost and performance all go into the evaluation of receivers. Using receivers in bus, train and pedestrian settings are considered. Not all GPS antennas are equal. Between Gil and I, we have a very large selection of receivers. Most have flat patch-style antennas, like the Earthmate, and they are a bit sensitive to their orientation to the satellites. The omni directional antenna in some of the Magellan receivers has its advantage. Many of the receivers have friction fit connectors, which are not suitable for active pedestrian use. We might have used the Garmin Etrex receivers if they didn't have a friction-fit interface cable that would come off very easily. There are a lot of trade offs when it comes to recommending a GPS receiver. There isn't one obvious solution. The good news is that we are doing this evaluation for you so everyone doesn't have to own a different receiver for every day of the week. Mike Michael G. May CEO Sendero Group Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS Now distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote, Miniguide, The Tissot Silen-T tactile watch and the ID Mate, bar code reader MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.SenderoGroup.com (530) 757-6800, Fax (530) 757-6830, Mobile (530) 304-0007 Sendero Group, LLC 1118 Maple Lane, Davis, CA 95616-1723, USA Latitude, 38 33 9.239 North Longitude, 121 45 40.145 West