Gps programming and VB 2008

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Hello to all.

I am a relatively new user of VB 2008 and completely noob to gps programming.

I would like to make a custom gps application with vb 2008 and i have a lot of questions, so i need your help.

I will use serial port for the communication between gps and my vb application.
My questions are:

1)Do i need to have an internet connection to make my application work?(it will be better if i don't)

2)Do i have to program my own "map" with a gis program (or something like that) or it is possible to download a ready map (google map for example) and then display the position on it?

3)are there any step by step guides or any good books for my purpose? I didn't find anything..

I know about these articles:
Writing Your Own GPS Applications: Part I[^]

Writing Your Own GPS Applications: Part 2[^]

Writing GIS and Mapping Software for .NET[^]

but i would like some guidance.

Thank you in advance,

Tassos

Posted 9-Oct-11 7:54am

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2011-10-09T21:34:00

1) You will only an internet connection if you will be using map services like Google etc. the actual GPS systems do not require a connection other than be in the view of the satellites.

2) There are downloadable maps you can use in your application but they might be paid, and not free.

3) The articles you have seen are very good to get you started.