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Kurt Seifried
Edmonton
September 29, 2009
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GARMIN FPS 18X USB + LINUX = GREAT
Setting this thing up under Red hat Fedora 11 Linux consists of plugging it in. hotplug recognizes it, fires up the gpsd and voila, you have a running GPS server on your machine that your applications (and other computers) can use to get positional and location data. What really impressed me was running xgps and watching the numbers change as I held the GPS in my hand and moved it around and up and down, this thing is really accurate and sensitive. Works great for wireless LAN locating with Kismet.
Pros: mag base, small, works out of the box in linux
Cons: no external aerial jack
Recommend: YES
Tag: garmin gps 18x usb review, gps 18x usb review
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Rich
Rhode Island
August 10, 2009
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GARMIN GPS 18 REVIEW
Works perfectly with resident mapping software. Needed to download Garmin Spanner to get appropriate Windows drivers when using non-Garmin software.. No instructions came with GPS 18, but pretty easy to figure out once Spanner is running.
Pros: compact, acquires sat signals well
Cons: no instructions, needs additional software
Recommend: YES
Tag: garmin gps 18x usb review, gps 18x usb review
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Eric
Salem, IN
June 24, 2009
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BIG HELP
This gps hooked in with our GIS system and has helped us make sure we are at the right place every time.
Pros: very easy to install
Cons: cord out the window but not that bad really
Recommend: YES
Tag: garmin gps 18x usb review, gps 18x usb review
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Vince
Montana
June 16, 2009
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GPS
So far so good
Recommend: NO
Tag: garmin gps 18x usb review, gps 18x usb review
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Vince
Montana
June 16, 2009
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USB GPS
Can not make it work in MS Trips and Streets
Recommend: NO
Tag: garmin gps 18x usb review, gps 18x usb review
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