Build Your Own GPS Navigation System For $40
Using the OnStar system’s GPS module out of your pre-2004 vehicle, which come 2008 will no longer be in service, you can build a USB device for your laptop. Plug the data into Google Maps and see where you are and get directions to where you’re going.
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It’s not really OnStar’s fault that so many subscribers will soon be hitting the little blue button in vain. Starting in 2008, cellphone providers will stop supporting the old analog cellphone system, on which OnStar has long relied to provide near-ubiquitous coverage for its roadside-assistance service. |
Basically what happens is you remove the GPS module from the car connect it to your laptop, after a few additions, which can use the data from the device by putting it into a mapping program. I definitely think I’m going to try this sometime.
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