Use Imagio as a USB GPS device

[CarmeloR]

Does anyone know if there is a way to connect the imagio to a laptop and use it as a GPS receiver? It would be nice to have a big screen and alot eaiser to type on a laptop than on a phone...

[wesscoggin]

you could use mymobiler

[CarmeloR]

Originally Posted by wesscoggin

you could use mymobiler

thanks for the suggestions but all that will do is give me the ability to type on the screen and I still have a little picture. I want to be able to use google or any other navigation program on the computer and have the imagio be the GPS device... I hope this make sense...

[nico4k]

Originally Posted by CarmeloR

thanks for the suggestions but all that will do is give me the ability to type on the screen and I still have a little picture. I want to be able to use google or any other navigation program on the computer and have the imagio be the GPS device... I hope this make sense...

here is an article/how-to from pocketnow that shows you how to do just that...but its a little involved...
http://pocketnow.com/thought/how-to-...navigate-on-pc

[wesscoggin]

Originally Posted by CarmeloR

thanks for the suggestions but all that will do is give me the ability to type on the screen and I still have a little picture. I want to be able to use google or any other navigation program on the computer and have the imagio be the GPS device... I hope this make sense...

mymobiler be zoomed in on like this...




These are a couple of the GPS programs I use and what I've posted here are screenies of one of my 24" monitors. You can adjust mymobiler to full screen as well or any degree that you could want. I see what you want to do though. Maybe this might hold you over until you go through the process above that Nico found for you.

[drewcam888]

google gps2blue

[thepolishguy]

WHy don't you just use the WIFI from your phone and then use google maps?

[wesscoggin]

Originally Posted by maisonpulaski

WHy don't you just use the WIFI from your phone and then use google maps?

will that somehow transmit his coordinates calculated by his phone to a PC based GPS program?

[thepolishguy]

Originally Posted by wesscoggin

will that somehow transmit his coordinates calculated by his phone to a PC based GPS program?

I am sorry -my brain was not fully engaged. I was thinking you could just use this...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538874

HTC CM Wifi Internet Sharing

...to turn your phone into a wifi hotspot and then log onto google maps. But like you said- google maps won't do you any good unless you have gps on your computer.

sorry.

[CarmeloR]

Thanks for all your help, thats exactly what I was looking for...