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Got a microsoft GPS for Christmas, is there datalogging software out there for GPS?

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Killercanary

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I've wanted a GPS for a while now, but the thought of spending $700+ on one made me sick. I then came across microsoft's Streets and Trips software with a USB GPS for a little over $100 and asked for it for Christmas. Well, I must have been good as "Santa" brought it for me. I had a chance to check it out last night and so far I'm impressed, especially for the price. I need my laptop to use it, but that's not a problem as I always have it with me in the car.

Anyway, I got to thinking as I was using it that there may be software out there to use this USB GPS as a performance datalogging piece. I did some searching on google last night and haven't been able to really find anything yet. I know there are GPS based performance dataloggers out there like this one:
http://www.k300performance.co.uk/driftbox.htm

Does anyone know of any software that can utilize my GPS and laptop to do something like the item in the link above?
 

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I have no idea but I have Garmin GPS on my phone and it's awesome. She tells me where to go and best of all its free.

Datalogging would be killer though. I hope someone has the answer.
 
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To tell you the truth...its probably not accurate enough. I also have navigation (telenav and garmin) on my samsung a900, but sometimes it could be off by quite a bit. Now granted your standalone GPS that you have would probably be much more accurate than my little cell phone GPS, I still don't see a unit made for directions being able to do 1/4 mile runs or something of that sort.
But hey, if you get it working that would be pretty awesome. My navigation also tells the speed at which I'm traveling, and its usually off by 3-5 mph, especially while accelerating.
Is yours very accurate? I'm curious how bad my ****ty cell phone chip is.
Let us know
 

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I would think it would be that accurate for what you are looking for Paul. The navigation software is awesome though....we use it all the time when we go out of town for races if we haven't been to that area.
 
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