GPS Speedometer for laptop?

[EagleMark]

Any ideas for GPS speedometer from a laptop? I really have no need for a GPS other then verifying MPH.

[RobertISaar]

i've seen handheld units that plug in to a computer via USB/serial, i imagine a lot of those support MPH calculations.... not mich cheaper than a navigation unit though.

[EagleMark]

I was really only intrested in MPH for setting PCM... but for $50-$60 you can get Streets and Trips 2013 with the USB GPS which will show speed on display. Pretty cool gadget! Loads of info...
http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/

[Lextech]

If you have a so called "Smart Phone" you should be able to get a free GPS/Speedo setup on it. I have an Iphone and have "GPS Drive" on it. It works great. I am a cheapskate, so it was either free or VERY cheap.

Jeff

[EagleMark]

Glad to see you here Jeff!

I thought about that but have no need for a smart phone or costs involved, I have a not so smart... cheap phone!

Found a 2010 MS Streets and Trips software with USB GPS on Amazon for $25. Think I'll get it as the USB GPS has a good review and that's about bottom dollar for a USB GPS by itself...

[Six_Shooter]

If you have a so called "Smart Phone" you should be able to get a free GPS/Speedo setup on it. I have an Iphone and have "GPS Drive" on it. It works great. I am a cheapskate, so it was either free or VERY cheap.

Jeff

I do the same thing, I have a few different free GPS speedo apps that I've used.

Anything else I've come across wouldn't be what I would consider "cheap".

[Lextech]

Glad to see you here Jeff!

Thank You.
I have never tuned an OBD1 or earlier system. I am hoping for some OBD2 activity here. There seems to be a lot of very sharp people here.

Jeff

[JeepsAndGuns]

I thought about that but have no need for a smart phone

For the longest time I thought the exact same way. I had no use for a smart phone, heck, I had no use for a cell phone period. But I ended up getting a better deal on a smart phone with data (aka, internet) for less a month than what I was paying for my house phone. After having one for a year or so now, I can hardly go without it. Having a phone, camera, video recorder, and internet with me all the time, is quite handy. You see something while out and about, you can take a quick pic and show it to friends. Your at the junkyard and find a ecm in something with the engine already gone, you can look up the bcc and see what it was. Being able to google stuff almost anywhere you are ends up being super handy. You can be in a store, find something you think is a good deal, google it to make sure, and find out its not such a great deal. There are some really usefull apps too. I have one called unit converter lite, it will convert almost anything, temperature, measurements, distance, decimels to fractions, etc, stuff you never even knew you would want or need to convert...lol
They are really not as bad as you think. I have a older phone, a samsung fascinate and really like it. I also have verizon as the carrier.

[CamaroDude85]

If you have a so called "Smart Phone" you should be able to get a free GPS/Speedo setup on it. I have an Iphone and have "GPS Drive" on it. It works great. I am a cheapskate, so it was either free or VERY cheap.

Jeff

Yep that's what I do. I use one called GPS Speedo, really simple, free and even has a HUD that'll display on the windshield. The HUD only works at night cause the screen isn't bright enough though.

There's some neat car related apps out there, got some that'll log lap times, read OBD2 codes/data and g meters.

[EagleMark]

Thank You.
I have never tuned an OBD1 or earlier system. I am hoping for some OBD2 activity here. There seems to be a lot of very sharp people here.

Jeff

Tuning is tuning so what you know goes backwards or forwards and there's always more to learn. Software is all differant. We just started to add the OBDII stuff. I'm about to do the 0411 swap to my Vortec truck (thank you for the effort you share with that conversion! ) Mine will have a slight twist as I'm using a Moates RoadRunner. With it I will be able to tune with RR/TunerCat OBDII, EFI Live and I think the new frontire will be using the files for TunerPro RT! TunerPro already works with the RoadRunner!
http://www.gearhead-efi.com/Fuel-Inj...S1-PCM-Project

Yep that's what I do. I use one called GPS Speedo, really simple, free and even has a HUD that'll display on the windshield. The HUD only works at night cause the screen isn't bright enough though.

There's some neat car related apps out there, got some that'll log lap times, read OBD2 codes/data and g meters.

There's a really cool app for an iPhone using the Innovate OT-2 wireless, can even wire in a LC-1 WB and it's wireless to the phone and wireless to laptop. I have the OT-2 but it sucks with just LogWorks, only one channel, no PIDS?. It was supposed to work with ScanXL Pro but there is a glitch somewhere on Innovates side? Data log in iPhone and eMail it to youself... I just don't need an expensive phone! For what they cost I could buy another laptop? Still end up needing a laptop so it's a cool toy, sometimes just because technoligy can doesn't mean you should...
http://www.ot-2.com/