gps application

Question

Can anyone point me towards good resource/information regarding gps chips/transmitters. Basically, I would like to transmit from a small, personal transmitter, at a frequency of maybe a couple of seconds(or less). I would want to consume this data with map like application. Sorry for the basic question, but is this possible?

Answer 1

Anything is possible :)

Here is an example of a transmitter: http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/gps-logger.html

"Easily Download & E-Mail GPS Data (Google Earth KML File)"

Basically, you can write your program so that you download this data programmatically and use the KML file to open up Google Earth and point to the current location.

Answer 2

All you need to do is to buy a bluetooth gps device

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=bluetooth+gps&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=12225947009415857451&ei=t1AuTJbLK4GB8gbh58WoAw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEYQ8wIwAg#

and then connect to it via bluetooth from your application as a serial port.