gps fix

[subyroo]

The short answer is "No, the GPSfix download isn't mandatory. It just helps".

The slightly longer answer is that the GPSfix download gives the GPS unit data that it would have had to download itself from satellites. GPSfix saves the unit some time to get a lock.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm has a lot of good info.

Tom

Thanks for your reply Tom.