Choice of GPS receviers with API for tracking location on Google Maps (Live)

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i was wondering if anyone knows of any gps receivers that have a fairly good API..

I am hoping to develop a simple app that will show my location (live) on google maps using the google maps api but of course would need an recevier that i can interface with too whilst on the move.

Cheers.

NB: Work would be done in c#.

Is this an embedded project / robot or meant to work with a regular laptop? Does it have to be USB, etc? — Hamish Grubijan, Jan 29 '10 at 02:10
it would ideally be a normal laptop with a usb gps unit attached by cable. — Grant, Jan 29 '10 at 02:12
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/284285/c-serial-communication-with-u-blox-gps — Hamish Grubijan, Jan 29 '10 at 02:23
Possible duplicate of [Read data from an USB-GPS-Receiver](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9542473/read-data-from-an-usb-gps-receiver) — coderanger, Jun 13 '18 at 01:10

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '10 at 02:12

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Most still provide a serial connection. Coordinates would be coming in ASCII format, and that is super-easy to process.

answered Jan 29 '10 at 02:12

Hamish Grubijan

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As referenced in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9542473/read-data-from-an-usb-gps-receiver, pretty much all GPS receivers speak a standard protocol called NMEA 0183, and most USB or Bluetooth receivers show up as a virtual COM port which you can read from like a file (mostly). There are some good C# libraries already to help you parse the data too. – coderanger Jun 13 '18 at 01:11

Choice of GPS receviers with API for tracking location on Google Maps (Live)

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