Josh, It sounds like the unit is returning its last valid position. How long did you leave it running for? It can take 15mins to obtain an almanac and it could be a little "confused". Older units also can take a while to get things sorted out & perform the calculations etc. The time is transmitted as GMT so doesn't require the location to be calculated. In fact I think you only need one satellite for time. If you haven't already, I'd let it run for an hoyr or so in a good location and see what happens then. Re the serial module I can't be of much help although I'd be interested in what you decide on & how it works out. Richard On 8 November 2010 18:47, Joshua Shriver wrote: > I bought this years ago and never had any luck. Dug it up today and > tried it out and finally able to poll it for GPS nmea data. However > the gps location it gives when put in google earth is somewhere in > mainland china. Anyone come across something like this? I'm not > entirely sure it's actually getting a signal or a lock even though > it's supposed to have 12 channels. Receiving is at least partially > working because I am getting a correct time. > > OT for my own post :) I bought this just to learn more about GPS's > back before they were reasonably cheap. Does anyone recommend a nice > serial based GPS module that could be used in projects? =A0I'm working > with PIC and the MSP-EXP430 board. > > > -Josh > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .