I have a GPS device with NMEA 0183 protocol.  I understand Microsoft
Autoroute 2004 requires NMEA v 2.0.  What mapping systems will work
with my device.
Thanks
Mike Nicholls

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Request for Question Clarification by hummer-ga on 05 Jun 2004 06:50 PDT

Hi mikelaunce,

What standard of the NMEA-0183 do you have? Have a look at the
following link, it may help.

The NMEA Serial Data Standard:
NMEA-0183 V. 1.5 mode Standard
NMEA-0183 V. 2.0 mode Standard
http://home.wi.rr.com/n9uur/nmea.html

Thanks,
hummer

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Clarification of Question by mikelaunce-ga on 08 Jun 2004 11:35 PDT

Problem has been solved. It was to do with persuading my laptop on
which COM port my GPS was connected.
Thanks for your ofeer of help. An easy $10!
Thanks
Mike

You should order the MapPoint 2004 trial available at
http://www.microsoft.com/mappoint/2004/trial.mspx.  MapPoint has the
same GPS engine as AutoRoute, so you'll be able to see if your GPS
produces the right NMEA sentences for MP/AR.  Not knowing which GPS
you have, I can't tell if it would work.