Home › Hardware › Getting a GPS receiver to work with Windows 8. With Windows 8.x Microsoft. You will need the relevant device driver for whatever GPS.
We recommend you register your products to obtain a faster warranty response. (Click on the RED '+' below) Technical Support Contact Hours: M-F 8:30am ~ 5pm PST support@usglobalsat.com Toll Free: 888.323.8730 PRE-PAID INSPECTION FEE If you need warranty service & your GlobalSat product falls into the conditions listed below, you may need to purchase a 'Pre-Paid Non-Warranty Inspection Service' (please call 888-323-8720): a.) If you have a GlobalSat product with an expired warranty. B.) If you purchased your device from an un-authorized reseller (i.e., e-Bay reseller, Amazon reseller or some other source). C.) If you purchased the item used. D.) If you are unable to provide proof of purchase (copy of an invoice, etc.) to validate a warranty coverage. Top Downloads: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP USB Driver: (For 32-bit & 64-bit) (Supports the following devices: BU-353-S4, ND-105C, ND-100S, DG-200, BR-305-USB8 USB Cable Set) GPSInfo for Windows (ver.
1109151): (Supports Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP) Mac OSX 10. Run For Cover Midi Files. 6~10.11 USB Driver: (Supports the following devices: BU-353, BU-353-S4, ND-100S, BT-368 Data Cable, DG-100, DG-200, USB Cable Set for BR-355/MR-350).
I have a USB-based GPS receiver plugged into a Windows 8 Pro machine. It appears in the Device Manager as a COM port.
The GPS receiver came with a demo program ( GPSInfo) lets me choose the COM port, and displays all GPS info like Lat/Long, number of satellites, etc. But this info doesn't appear to become available to Windows 8 apps like Maps. Maps is able to place me in the correct city, but many city blocks away from my exact location. My research found, which suggests that there needs to be a special driver to allow Windows 8 apps to see the GPS. This makes sense to me since apps shouldn't have to parse NMEA themselves.
I would expect Windows to do this on their behalf. I thought that's what Windows Location Provider is, which is listed in the Sensors category of Device Manager. So, do you know of a driver that'll adapt a COM port that provides NMEA into whatever interface Windows apps expect for exact location? Why don't you just buy a normal GPS unit? You can test this currently on any Windows 8 installation if you want currently.
There will be nothing special about the limitations of the Surface Pro since it will be a full Windows 8 Professional device with no hardware limitations ( perhaps except storage ). The other half of this question is not on topic for stack exchange websites. Besides the Verizon LTE device likely would used the GPS before an actual GPS device ( if it were connected ). – Nov 28 '12 at 20:49 •. The one I had was a generic BT device that I got from Amazon. The name escapes me but the reviews were fairly good. This is one of those pieces of Windows 8 that should work much better than it does and I don't think I've had any device work as a Windows Location device (and that includes the one that came with Streets And Trips which is a Microsoft product.
That doesn't mean that the devices' emulation of the COM port isn't readable by applications in the OS though. You may be able to get around this by using a Wifi Hotspot which can pass the GPS coordinates back to the computer. Mac X Dvd Ripper Pro Torrent there. – Mar 23 '15 at 14:16.