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Using an external GNSS Receivers with Windows Maps (or Windows Location Service)

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 This document is compatible with the below GNSS receivers: Columbus P-9 Race TOP608BT If you have a GNSS receiver of the type GNSS100L or GNSS200L, please refer to this blog post. You may have noticed that certain GPS receivers that previously worked with certain GPS applications on Windows, such as Microsoft Streets and Trips, are no longer compatible with newer GPS applications, such as Windows Maps. Do you know why this is the case? In the past, GPS apps would typically communicate directly with GPS hardware through a COM port (or a virtual COM port emulator) that connected to a...

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How to connect a GPS/GNSS Receiver to Google Earth for Windows?

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After successfully connecting your GPS/GNSS receiver to Windows, you can open the “Google Earth” application. Select the Google Earth menu,  Click “Tools” --> "GPS".  “Google Earth - GPS Import Windows” window will pop up. Click the “Realtime” tab, select "protocol: NMEA"; check the "automatically follow the path" option and click the "Start" button. Please refer to the below screenshot. Google earth will start scanning all "com" ports and look for the GPS receiver. When it detects NMEA data from the "com" port which the GPS receiver is occupied with, it will read the data from it &  show the current...

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Use a RTK GNSS receiver (TOP608BT) for Windows 10 / 11 Laptop

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System requirements: Windows 10 / 11 Laptop with Internet connection (Internet usually can be acquired by using a cell phone's wifi hotspot. Cell phones can be  3G, 4G LTE or 5G, only requiring 1-2 KB/second cellular bandwidth.) RTK capable GNSS Receiver NTRIP Server login info(which provide RTK correction data) - NTRIP Server/Caster IP address or / full qualify domain name - Port number - userid - password NTRIP Client for Windows(For example, Lefebure NTRIP client)   NTRIP data flow diagram:   Connection Instructions:   Section A: Pair the bluetooth GNSS receiver (step 1 - 5). 1. On your Windows 10, go...

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Connect a RTK TOP608BT GNSS receiver to a Windows 10 / 11 Laptop (ntrip via another Android device)

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Below diagram showing the data flow of this implementation: Step by step setup Instructions: Step 1:Configure NTRIP for the TOP608BT RTK GNSS Receiver via another Android device. Please refer to this step by step instruction. Step 2:Please plug the USB connector of the TOP608BT to a Windows 10 / 11 Laptop. The device will be recognized by Windows 10 / 11. No driver needs to be installed. For detail, please refer to this document. Congratulations! Your RTK GNSS receiver has been successfully set up. The high accuracy location data from the RTK GNSS receiver is ready to use for your applications...

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Connect a GPS/GNSS Receiver for Windows Maps (Windows 10 / 11 OS).

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Connect a GPS/GNSS Receiver for Windows Maps (Windows 10 / 11 OS).

This document is compatible with the below GPS/GNSS receivers: GNSS100L GNSS200L If you have a GNSS receiver of the type Columbus P-9 Race or TOP608BT , please refer to this blog post.  These days, you might be aware that in Windows,  those GPS receivers which used to work with some GPS apps (e.g. Microsoft Streets and Trips), are no longer working with the new generation of GPS apps(e.g. Windows Maps). Why? Previously, the GPS apps usually communicate directly with GPS hardware. They go through a com port (or an USB emulator virtual com port) connecting to a GPS receiver.  Starting with Windows 7, Microsoft introduced...

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