Hi James,
My brother has a similar program for his iPAQ which has a nice sounding
lady tell him when to turn but it won't calculate performance. Most GPS
receivers update once a second or so which isn't fast enough for
calculating 0-60 times... or maybe that's good enough for Spitfires...
The one you saw was probably the DynoStar GPS. It updates positional
information 20 times a second so it can get accurate data for track
performance:
http://www.roadtune.co.uk/dynostar.shtml
Check your GPS specs. Newer models might refresh faster. You could try
finding or writing (aren't you a software dude?) a program that will
SPAM the GPS data out into a CSV file and import it into a spreadsheet.
If that worked, it would be pretty simple to calculate and display the
data.
Gene
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spitfires-owner@autox.team.net [mailto:spitfires-
> owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James Carruthers
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:46 AM
> To: Spit List
> Subject: Automotive GPS Software
>
> Listers,
>
>
> Does anyone know of any software that will calculate 0-60 times..
> average speeds etc etc
>
> I have a GPS USB dongle now - and it seems that combined with a decent
> laptop it would produce some interesting results... log all sorts of
> information.
>
> I remember a guy last year at a track day using his Pocket PC with a
GPS
> unit to time his laps (cough cough) - plus a load of other interesting
> information - even drawing out a map of the circuit too... based on
the
> GPS data... I believe he could also watch himself as a dot go around
the
> circuit... very neat...
>
> Anyone know of any?
>
>
>
> James
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