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biff · 01-12-2006, 01:10 PM

Ronald
The Streets and Trips program is a very good mapping program, one of the best on the market, it also has Canada and Mexico. The GPS antenna that comes with it is rather bottom of the line later technology. Get yourself a Globalstat BT-338 antenna (do a Google search) it uses the SiRF Star III technology which is the latest and greatest, Bluetooth and the battery lasts about 17 hours before recharge, if your Laptop does not have Bluetooth built in then you will need a Bluetooth Dongle (about $50) so that the computer and BT-338 can communicate with each other, the Dongle plugs into the USB port. Bluetooth is a radio frequency wireless technology that is good for only about 75 feet, beyond that you lose connection. I have this setup and it works great.

01-12-2006, 01:10 PM	#5
biff New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 4 M.O.C. #5040	Ronald The Streets and Trips program is a very good mapping program, one of the best on the market, it also has Canada and Mexico. The GPS antenna that comes with it is rather bottom of the line later technology. Get yourself a Globalstat BT-338 antenna (do a Google search) it uses the SiRF Star III technology which is the latest and greatest, Bluetooth and the battery lasts about 17 hours before recharge, if your Laptop does not have Bluetooth built in then you will need a Bluetooth Dongle (about $50) so that the computer and BT-338 can communicate with each other, the Dongle plugs into the USB port. Bluetooth is a radio frequency wireless technology that is good for only about 75 feet, beyond that you lose connection. I have this setup and it works great.