Thread: New creative Satguide GPS Logger

Interest in. GPS receivers and handheld devices has only picked up recently in India. Mobile phones with inbuilt GPS receivers are the reason for this interest.They are expensive and people without these phones have no scope of getting a GPS feature on their phone. GPS receivers like the Satguide GPS Logger come to fulfil thisrequirement.The GPS Logger is a USB GPS receiver that fits into a battery packwhich is used to power it. This device can be plugged into a laptop and be used as a GPS receiver.It can also be used as Bluetooth GPS receiver which means you can connct your phone to it wirelessly. The most important feature of the Satguide.GPS Logger is its ability to store coordinates without even connecting to a PC, laptop or even a mobile phone. For tpis, the device requires to be connected to a PC or laptop and the option set for it. There are some 'customisations and the frequency of recording co-ordinates. The software is very basic and not the simplest to use. Coordinates can be exported as CSV or KML is used widely by Google Earth and is good free complimenting software. As for performance, the device works perfectly fine.if put in a shirt pocket or on a dashboard of a vehicle. If the refresh rates and otherssettings haven't been loaded properly,then theaccuracy reduces drastically. The ability to store coordinates without any kind of computing power of a laptop or a cell phone is an excellent feature but not enough to justify a hefty price. For people who want GPS tracking, then this is one of the few products to come across. If it's just a GPS receiver for your PC or phone, then a simple Bluetooth receiver can be bought for much less.