Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Tim Watts Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.sys.raspberry-pi Subject: Re: Keeping 'order' without RTC. Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:20:21 +0000 Lines: 31 Message-ID: <52dksb-jp9.ln1@squidward.dionic.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net uAQnZ3Ori3DX2x1rQ7fjgQyp71osGfmxY7IgaoXpH//3zE1x9R X-Orig-Path: squidward.dionic.net!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:uG1z7raRNgmNiSujREGngyDhCjc= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.5.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:13912 On 04/03/15 22:15, Martin Gregorie wrote: > On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:01:13 +0000, Tim Watts wrote: > >> On 04/03/15 10:00, Martin Gregorie wrote: >>> On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 07:31:59 +0000, Tim Watts wrote: >>> >>>> For a Raspberry a USB GPS would probably be cheaper and simpler - >>>> bearing in mind the GPS will probably have to be mounted in the roof >>>> (depending on whether the roof is insulated in foil faced insulation) >>>> or near a window on the end of a long cable (USB lengths permitting). >>>> >>> Thats another reason for using a 'blind' GPS rather than a handheld: >>> many of them are sealed, weatherproof units. >>> >>> >>> >> And damn expensive (several hundred pounds). >> > $US 85 or GBP 50 is 'damn expensive? > > The Garmin GPS35 and GPS18 receivers can be found for £50 or less on eBay. > The GPS35 is discontinued as are earlier GPS18s, but the GPS18x is > current and comes with D-9, USB or bare wire connections and is > waterproof to 1m. Available direct from Garmin for $US85. > > OK - I concede. I was thinking a few years out of date and the full on mast mounted Trimble receivers - they *were* expensive!