Hi all! I have a new Surface Pro 9, want to set up
OpenCPN on it. The only catch is it doesn't have a
GPS. I know I could get a
cheap USB
GPS mouse, but I worry about
reliability since I'll have to use a USB A-to-C dongle (SP9 is USB-C only & I haven't seen any usbc GPS dongles) and I'd rather not have anything sticking out the side so it'll fit into a waterproof bag.
I've seen the
Garmin BT USBs, but they're a bit expensive -- this isn't going to be my primary
chartplotter, I just want to have something with a big beautiful
screen. I'd be happy repurposing an old Android
phone, so I went to look up how to do that. I see a bunch of old unsupported apps (Meowbox and one or two others) that say they're not available on my Android
phone (running recent Android 13). I could sideload them and try, or dig out one of my ancient phones, but thought I'd ask first here if anyone knows of a newer Android GPS->BT app.