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JakeRich · 11-11-03, 05:48 PM

99% of software uses the NMEA standard. Sirf is nice, but few use it. Given that you only need about 70 bytes of data to send the location fix, that fixes are sent one per second in both NMEA and Sirf and given that 4800 baud is easier on the Axim battery, it's hard to see much advantage to Sirf as a protocol.

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JakeRich Aximsite Hall of Fame Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 7,875 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	99% of software uses the NMEA standard. Sirf is nice, but few use it. Given that you only need about 70 bytes of data to send the location fix, that fixes are sent one per second in both NMEA and Sirf and given that 4800 baud is easier on the Axim battery, it's hard to see much advantage to Sirf as a protocol.