USB GPS devices

USB GPS receivers are gadgets that require to be plugged in the notebook's USB port in order to work. While it could be connected to a personal organiser, this isn't practical and usually isn't done. This kind of unit is occasionally named a "mouse GPS" - because it looks like a computer mouse. It is a GPS receiver inside a plastic package with an attached cable. Many of them have a magnetic basis with which they are attached to the body of a car.

Also, most of them have some kind of rubber base to minimise slipping around when utilized on the dashboard of a automobile. Many of them (but not all) are waterproof. Some models can run on power provided by the car, and the USB GPS can be powered through the notebook's USB port. Some devices come with special soft, but with most of them, you need to buy soft separately. Because there is usually no screen and no soft included, those devices are generally not very expensive - sometimes lower than $100. They are at least as good as car-specialized devices or handhelds as they can be positioned on the part of the dashboard that has the best "view" of the sky or attached to the outside surface of the car. If you're going to bring a notebook with you in your automobile, a USB device is a fine pick.