No, it doesn't have to be initialized (at least, not by the device receiving its data), it does take, under optimum conditions, about 45 seconds to find the satellites it needs to produce a positional fix, and up to 5 minutes to incorporate the WAAS data (in north america) to make that fix more accurate. Chip =20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Peggy Kern [mailto:kernsac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:46 PM > To: GPS-TalkUsers@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: clarifications >=20 > Here I am replying to myself. <lol> I just went to the=20 > website and read about the Earthmate. It sounds absolutely=20 > wonderful, and I'll probably get one someday. But I'm still=20 > puzzled at how it could cost $249 when someone said they saw=20 > a receiver sold by itself for --- what did they say? --- $69.=20 > I can understand it being a hundred and something, including=20 > all the cables and stuff, but was surprised that it was that=20 > much more. Still, I like the idea of plugging the charger in=20 > and then not having to worry about the batteries dying, or=20 > about initializing it. Speaking of initializing, I thought I=20 > remembered reading in the Sportrak manual that it didn't have=20 > to be initialized when you went to different locations, but=20 > the website makes it sound like it does. Or maybe it just=20 > meant that it has to be initialized initially? <grin> Mike,=20 > can you clarify? >=20 > I'm also wondering if a sighted person can look up locations=20 > on a Sportrak receiver and follow routes and stuff, like we=20 > do on our BrailleNotes. If so, I could someday donate my=20 > Sportrak to my husband or daughter, and get an Earthmate. <grin> >=20 > Peggy <excited to see how hard Sendero is working on their=20 > product, and happy to have purchased her GPS from them> >=20 >=20 >=20 > At 06:15 PM 3/18/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >Just curious, Mike. How does the Earthmate cable compare to the=20 > >Sportrak? And does it beep like the Sportrak when the batteries are=20 > >almost dead? How easy is it to change the batteries? Seems to me I=20 > >remember someone saying the Sportrak is easier than the=20 > receiver Humanware=20 > >sells; just curious how the Earthmate compares with the=20 > others. I'll=20 > >have to check the site and read up on it. Depending on the=20 > price and=20 > >features, it might be an interesting thing to get someday. > > > >Peggy > > > >At 04:44 PM 3/18/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >>Hi Richard, > >> > >>The Earthmate package we are selling consists of the GPS receiver,=20 > >>interface cables, battery pack with lithium rechargeable battery, a=20 > >>12-volt cigarette lighter cord and an AC power charger.=20 > They don't offer=20 > >>this exact arrangement on the Delorme site. > >> > >>Mike > >> > >> At 01:14 PM 3/18/2004, you wrote: > >>>Hi, Mike > >>> > >>>Having looked at the Delorme site, I see that they are=20 > selling the Earthmate > >>>without software and maps for $69.95. As your version=20 > also comes without > >>>software, can you advise what is offered for the price=20 > difference, please? > >>> > >>>Also, is there a way of telling when the battery's running down? > >>> > >>>Thanks > >>> > >>>Regards > >>> > >>>Richard Bartholomew > >>>E-Mail richard_bartholomew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>To: <GPS-TalkUsers@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>>Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:12 PM > >>>Subject: Re: clarifications > >>> > >>> > >>> > Wendy, > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > The Earthmate receiver would be selected with the=20 > Garmin item under the > >>>GPS > >>> > Options menu. > >>> > > >>> > The price is for a receiver with nothing to do with=20 > software or maps. It > >>>is > >>> > the receiver we are shipping with the GPS package now.=20 > If someone already > >>> > has the BrailleNote GPS and wants to upgrade to this=20 > receiver, they can > >>> > order it and perhaps sell their Sportrak on EBay. > >>> > > >>> > Mike > >>> > > >>> > At 07:50 AM 3/18/2004, you wrote: > >>> > >Mike: > >>> > >Does the Earthmate price include maps for new=20 > customers or is the price > >>>on > >>> > >the web page for people who already have the maps? =20 > Also, as it is not a > >>> > >Magellan or a Garman what option would be used for=20 > setting up the=20 > >>> Braille > >>> > >Note with Earthmate? > >>> > >At 06:56 AM 3/18/04 -0800, you wrote: > >>> > >>Hello from CSUN. > >>> > >> > >>> > >>I have received a few private emails generated by our=20 > press release and > >>> > >>by some of you going to the Sendero web site. > >>> > >> > >>> > >>I didn't mention in the release that we are=20 > distributing a very=20 > >>> cool and > >>> > >>unique tactile watch. This actually has a remote link=20 > to GPS. The > >>>company > >>> > >>that developed it was also working on a GPS watch and=20 > they were > >>> > >>presenting the GPS > >>> > >> watch in a session with me at the ION conference 3=20 > years ago. The > >>> > >> developer thought I'd be interested in a new way of=20 > reading a watch > >>> > >> tactually and showed me an early prototype. They=20 > have now asked if we > >>> > >> would distribute the watch in the U.S. It just came=20 > out a few months > >>> > >> ago. There is a short description on the Sendero=20 > site and we will > >>> > >> enhance that description shortly. > >>> > >> > >>> > >>Basically, there is a solid vibration for the hour=20 > hand and a pulsating > >>> > >>vibration where the minute hand is. Normal tactile markings=20 > >>> surround the > >>> > >>crystal but of course there is no need for the=20 > crystal to open. The > >>>watch > >>> > >>is submersible and very attractive. It is also nearly $400. > >>> > >> > >>> > >>I asked the developers if we could connect it to a=20 > GPS system so you > >>> > >>could get vibrating directional information. I don't=20 > think they thought > >>>I > >>> > >>was serious. > >>> > >> > >>> > >>The Earthmate receiver is available on the Sendero=20 > web site and is > >>>shipping. > >>> > >> > >>> > >>The indoor navigation device is strictly in early=20 > prototype testing and > >>> > >>has a long way to go before it is commercial and even=20 > longer until=20 > >>> it is > >>> > >>affordable. > >>> > >> > >>> > >>The new software version is still in alpha testing=20 > with additional > >>> > >>features being developed. We just wanted folks to=20 > know your input was > >>> > >>being converted to code. No indication of when that=20 > will come out as > >>> > >>there is lots to add and test still. > >>> > >> > >>> > >>Mike > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >> > >>> > >>Michael G. May > >>> > >> > >>> > >>CEO Sendero Group > >>> > >> > >>> > >>Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS > >>> > >>Now distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote and Miniguide > >>> > >> > >>> > >>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 > >>> > >> > >>> > > > >>> > >Wendy > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Michael G. May > >>> > > >>> > CEO Sendero Group > >>> > > >>> > Developers and distributors of BrailleNote GPS > >>> > Now distributing BrailleNote, VoiceNote and Miniguide > >>> > > >>> > 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 > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > >> > >>Michael G. 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