Earthmate GPS with Street Atlas USA Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been using this new Earthmate USB for 2 days now. It was able to get a fix in about 6.5 mins cold start from inside the house (3 ft from window). A cold start (I initialized the location to the other side of earth) while driving takes about 7.5 mins to get a fix. A warm start (stopped the GPS then drove for 2-3 miles then start GPS again) takes about 100 sec to get a fix. The performance comparing to the old Earthmate is about 2x or more. The only issue I observed is that the satellite acquisition continues even with 3 green satellites. I thought 3 satellites are enough to get a 2D fix.
The new Earthmate supports NMEA standard. I was able to install the driver on Windows XP that allows MS Streets and Trips to communicate with Earthmate. You will need to install the support for non-DeLorme product from the setup CD. The driver update from the DeLorme site didn't install the support for non-DeLorme product.

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