Holding my iBook in one had and antennae mast in another while walking down to street for war-walking is also not an elegant solution either ;) I think if you are just talikng about GPS interface alone in general, I understand your comment. But if it is in connection with packet capturing, well, anything that works should make you happy :) Kaarigar ===================== --- Patrick Munson <pmunce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > A serial or USB solution to using a GPS system on a > laptop computer is > not very elegant when opposed to a Compact Flash or > PCMCIA solution. > > What do others use their PCMCIA slot for anyway? > Mine is unused except > for the occasional access to images from a digital > camera. > > On Feb 5, 2004, at 1:00 PM, Kyle Christensen wrote: > > > Mainly because there's a ton of serial or USB gps > out there you can > > pickup for relatively cheap > > that won't monopolize precious PCMCIA/MiniPCI > slots :) > > > > <quote who="Patrick Munson"> > >> Apple should have a pretty good idea of the size > of their user base. > >> > >> Why don't they make a Compact Flash or PCMCIA GPS > system and/or > >> interface software. > >> > >> They did it with AirPort, why not GPS? > >> > >> > >> On Feb 5, 2004, at 11:07 AM, Pat Heidingsfelder > wrote: > >> > >>> I have been looking into GPS software for OS X > I believe I have > >>> found > >>> most everything out there. There are a few > people over at > >>> geocaching.com that are developing software, but > it would be great to > >>> have Garmin's apps work natively in OS X. I > found this while > >>> searching > >>> > >>> > >>> > http://www.gpscity.com/gps/brados/3215.1.12398727029410847560/ > >>> macsignup.html > >>> > >>> If you would, check it out and if you feel the > need, sign it. It is > >>> definitely a worthy cause. > >>> > >>> Thanks for the help!!! > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > =====