"News" <News@Group.name> wrote in message
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> Roger 2008 wrote:
> > "News" <News@Group.name> wrote in message
> > news:y4GdnVf5xo6Yk2vanZ2dnUVZ_o3inZ2d@speakeasy.ne t...
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> >>Jack Hamilton wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>George <george@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>D wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:01:52 GMT, "P.Schuman"
> >>>>><pschuman_no_spam_me@interserv.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>If I enable the GPS location ON vs just have E911
> >>>>>>can I display my own LAT/LON values somehow without a map
application
> >
> > ?
> >
> >>>>>>I just want to be able to log specific GPS coords
> >>>>>>to be used later by standard GPS units.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>GPS on cell phones is not based on the satalites in orbit, rather
they
> >>>>>triangulate off the towers. It isn't a true GPS....
> >>>>
> >>>>Actually some do use that as part of the solution.
> >>>>
> >>>>The problem with this question is that the OP cross posted to every
> >>>>cellular group without specifying what carrier they use and what phone
> >>>>they use.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>And yet no one has answered the question for any phone or any carrier.
> >>>Perhaps someone will have to write a custom program. Does GPS return
> >>>lat/lon, or does it use some other location scheme?
> >>
> >>
> >>The HP iPaq hw65**/67**/69** GPS radio outputs NMEA 0183 Geographic
> >>Latitude and Longitude (GLL) format coordinates, independent of carrier.
> >
> >
> >
> > I believe that pretty much every GPS out there uses the "NMEA 0183"
> > protocol.
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>
> But they're not all cell phones, are they?


If you know of a "cell phone" that takes "map applications" like the
original poster was asking about and does *not* use "NMEA 0183" protocol
then let me know about it.

Until then I will repeat myself as having posted: "I believe that pretty
much every GPS out there uses the "NMEA 0183" protocol.

TNX