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This 3rd party driver to convert from COM port GPS -> the new GPS API. It seems that on the x86 version of Windows 8 you can use So far, it seems this is just not possible at all, which is not good enough. I want to be able to run it on my Surface RT. I want to know what MS's plansĪre to enable this, or whether device makers will be providing drivers? Specifically, I am writing an app that needs high precision GPS. I want to use an external GPS device (USB or BT) with "modern" Metro apps, specifically on Windows RT. Sorry to highjack this thread, I have the opposite problem and am finding it hard to get straight answers from MS. And for the AutoRoute team to make a song and dance about the fact that AutoRoute 2013 supports touch, while forgetting to use the Windows 8 interface Make sure that the GPS cable is plugged into the communications (COM) port on your computer and that no other program is using it."Īs I said before, the right hand of Microsoft has not the faintest idea what the left hand is doing. Instead you get a plaintive error message saying: "New! Take advantage of Windows 8 touch actions such as swiping, pinching, and stretching."Īnd the answer to my question: no, it does NOT interface with the GPS.
Along the way I noticed that the Microsoft site burbles excitedly about the new touch features in AutoRoute 2013:
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So I downloaded the trial version from Microsoft's site and installed it on my Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2. I thought that I'd take a look at Microsoft AutoRoute 2013 for myself and check whether it would work with a Windows 8 tablet that had a built-in GPS sensor.
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What would be useful is for someone (e.g., gasp, Microsoft) to produce a software shim that could interface between the new built-in GPS APIs and the legacy virtual COM ports. It is also clear that customers who have previous versions of Autoroute, or other navigation software that is written to interface to GPS devices via virtual COM ports, will not be able to use their products with the built-in GPS sensor on a Windows 8 tablet. The left hand of Microsoft, as is so often the case, clearly does not know what the right hand is doing. If that is the case, and it does not work, then I find it ironic that Janet Schneider, a Microsoft employee, is telling developers to stop coding for the legacy interfaces and start using the new Windows 8 interfaces when the Microsoft team responsible for It's not clear from the system requirements whether it will run on a Windows 8 tablet with a built-in GPS sensor. Does she suppose Microsoft consumers are all programers?.ĭoes Microsoft Autoroute 2013 support this new set of APIs, or does it continue to use the legacy virtual COM port interfaces? On the first reply Janet gives clues for programing drivers. So, for now, geolocation, on win 8 is useless I din't try Franson's GPSGate because win 8 is not mention in their requirements and it needs, in any case, a com port I've tried an external GPS via bluetooth and the system created another two virtual com ports but, if I get a connection, on second usage it doesn't recognise my device. On the other hand the useless bing Maps only run on internet connexion giving erratic positioning wich is worth than having no position at all. I has by default two virtual com ports Silicon Labs cp210x USB to UART bridge (comx) wich I supposed should run the GNSS sensor data I have the same problem on Samsung XE700. I don't understand this quote coming from someone on behalf of Microsof.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. You should contact the manufacturer for information on their Windows 8 support plans.
#Franson gpsgate gps data but no position how to#
Please see the links in my original answer for information about how to access location. You cannot use the COM port directly in Windows 8. This has solved our problem in the short term, but with WindowsĨ being forced upon us both in marketing and hardware terms, what of the future? Where do we go when the current hardware fails? Why have Microsoft not included support for this feature which has worked well for decades?
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The newer Windows 8 laptops will not allow you to install Windows 7, and so in our case we had to return a new Toshiba Ultrabook and scrounge around for an older model supplied with Windows 7. Franson say that they have no solution so we are forced to stay with Windows 7. These programs which detect GPS data on bluetooth or a USB port and distribute it to several programs via virtual ports simply will not function on Windows 8. Now our ability to input GPS data to our software via virtual port creation software such as Xport or Franson GPS We, like many thousands of other seafarers have successfully run our navigation software on Windows platforms - until Windows 8 came along.
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