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Re: inbuilt gps on windows laptop
Now that you all have gotten me into this, I discovered that my Pixel 3A
phone
can see just about every
GPS
constellation in the sky.
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EarlWer
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Location: Montreal
Boat: Bristol 27 #182, MystereS 17' Catamaran #531
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Re: inbuilt gps on windows laptop
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Nolisome
Is there any way to use the inbuilt
GPS
in my recent Windows
laptop
? Or do I need to by a USB GPS
puck
?
I would be surprised if your
laptop
has a GPS chip.
Most laptops get their locations from
wifi
, which would be pretty useless
offshore
.
What model laptop is it?
I bought a GPS
puck
BU-353S4 and it works fine on my MacBook and Raspberry Pi4
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sv_pelagia
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Location: British Columbia
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Re: inbuilt gps on windows laptop
Quote:
Originally Posted by
EarlWer
I would be surprised if your laptop has a GPS chip.
Most laptops get their locations from
wifi
, which would be pretty useless
offshore
.
What model laptop is it?
I bought a GPS puck BU-353S4 and it works fine on my MacBook and Raspberry Pi4
As already noted...
My Panasonic Toughbook has an excellent GPS (true GPS, no wifi/cell needed), which works well with
OPENCPN
.
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