Oh, it looks like the USB GPS Receiver in Microsoft Streets and Trips 2005 is … the same one from 2004, the Pharos iGPS-360. Who knew finding that information on the internet could be so easy? Frank Townend, apparently, because he told me.
All the specs, and I launch my own personal satellite with my mind, after the jump.
Company: Pharos
Specs:
Performance
Chipset: SiRF StarIIe/LP
Antenna: Integrated patch antenna
Frequency: L1, 1575.42 MHz
Sensitivity: -140 dBm (typical)
Channels: 12 Channel all-in-view tracking
Acquisition time: Cold Start: 60 sec
Warm Start: 40 sec
Hot Start: 5 sec
Reacquisition: 0.1 sec
Position update: 1 Hz
Accuracy: Position: 10 meters 2D-RMS, SA off
Velocity: 0.1 meter/second, SA off
Time: 1 microsecond synchronized to GPS time
Datum: WGS-84
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Electrical Power
Primary power: 3.3-5.5 Vdc
Current: 65 mA typical, 75 mA with blue LED
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Interface
Standard interface 3.0 V TTL
Connect to Host Platform s serial port via serial cable (RS-232)
Connect to Host Platform s USB port via USB cable
Connect to Host Platform s CF slot via CF adapter
Communicate with Host Platform by BT via Bluetooth (Class2) serial port Bluetooth Dock
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Protocol (NMEA-0183 (V2.3) standard)
Data rate: 4800 bps
NMEA message: GGA, GSA, GSV, and RMC
WAAS/EGNOS: Enabled
Trickle power: Programmable
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Physical
Dimension: 55 mm x 49 mm x 16 mm
Weight: 40 grams
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Environmental
Operation temperature: -20 C to 75 C (-4 F to 167 F)
Storage temperature: -40 C to 90 C (-40 F to 194 F)
Dynamics: Altitude < 20 km Velocity < 900 km/h Acceleration < 3g Read – Pharos USB GPS with MS Streets & Trips 2004 [PharosGPS]
Related
Microsoft Streets & Trips with GPS [Gizmodo]
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-streets-trips-with-gps-17192
