Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator ="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Message-ID: <36AC604B.5A44A5E@fibre.A2000.nl> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:15:12 +0100 From: marcel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pic Subject: Eletronic compass Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator ="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello listers does anyone know a good compass sensor i am looking for one that is accurate enough to control the auto pilot on an 40 meter ship I was also looking for gps receivers found this: Dear Sir, Quotation Ref. Q/CB/195/99 You inquiry via email to Ashtech for pricing on the G-8 GPS board has been passed to my company for action. We are the G-8 distributors for Europe an have extensive knowledge of the application of GPS (and GLONASS) to a very wide range of tracking and navigation uses. The Ashtech G-8 Evaluation kit sells for USD995.00 ex-works Santa Clara USA. Landed Amsterdam price is USD1,095 plus local GST/VAT. Payment is required with order. This can be by bank transfer to our UK Dollar account. 84332788 which is with Barclays Bank PLC,Leighton Buzzard Branch, 2 Market Square, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 7EZ. UK. Sort Code 20-03-18. Delivery can be made 30 days from receipt of your order and payment. We will require you to complete an End User Certificate for US Customs. A copy of this form is attached. But on there web site they advertise for an $100 or less for this oem product. missed 1 zero probably this board uses a phillips chip receives info on 8 satellite's the software that comes with the development package shows a lot of info on the collected data . But i wonder if any good compass info could be received by a gps receiver. Maybe Tjaart knows more on this subject and what could be a reasonable price for this receivers as they become mass product. Greetings Marcel Amsterdam Email: M.v.d.Bilt@fibre.A2000.nl