It's a mess that leaves us consumers very frustrated I had some success using the Lenovo GNSS driver under win 8. Since upgrading to Win 8.1 I have had little luck getting the SD Navigation mode to run using Localizer (M Map still works ok) Solutions seen to revolve around SD writing the navigation element to address the Win Location platform instead of (or as well as) com ports and so removing the need for a product like Localizer or Broadcomm/Asus producing an updated GNSS driver or Centrafuze doing some reprogramming People using generic marine software are having exactly the same issues. Under win 8.0 the localizer software and SD (and another Sat nav Mapping application) worked well enough. Original Post for Localizer v 3 To say that the failure of Microsoft to make provision for Existing Generic GPS software to access inbuilt GNSS under WIN8 is short sighted is an understatement. If Localizer continues to work well I will give this 5 stars after testing in the air. Once correctly installed and RUN as administrator, assigning a COM port (eg COM6) is easy. Must be installed and RUN as administrator or it crashes. Start up reading of the datastream can be slow. The current version is made for Windows 10, but should still work on 8, 7, and vista. The main purpose of vistumbler is to map and visualize the access points arount you based on the wireless and gps data collected. Generic Sat Nav software Memory Map and Skydemon now able to use inbuilt Broadcom GNSS in Win8.1 Asus Vivotab Altitude and position reporting seems accurate enough with acceptable update interval. Vistumbler is wireless network scanner written in AutoIT for Windows. After installing another and rolling back it seems to be resolved.**** UPDATE **** New Localizer version 4 and new licence file installed April 2014. I need to spend mote time on the thread, but I would like to also recommend Centrafuse Localizer (run as administrator) as an alternative to Geolocation TCP. The short: If you have a Windows 8 tablet/laptop with an internal GPS/GNSS that is NOT visible as a standard comport, there is a product called Centrafuse Localizer (Google is your friend) that will solve that problem. It didn't help that there seemed to be an issue with my Broadcom GNSS driver. This has been acknowledged by Mark at the company on pages 10 and 11 of their Localizer 4 thread on their forum Update 28Apr2014 Localizer 4.1.14.424 version seems to be working well. Update 16Apr2014 Localizer 4.1.13.405 version of Localizer isn't reporting Altitude correctly although it otherwise seems ok and reliable. Generic Sat Nav software Memory Map and SkyDemon now able to use inbuilt Broadcom GNSS in Win8.1 Asus Vivotab Altitude and position reporting seems accurate enough with acceptable update interval. New Localizer version 4 and new licence file installed April 2014. It's a mess that leaves us consumers very frustrated I had some success using the Lenovo GNSS driver under win 8.1 but it wasn't perfect - often taking 5 to 10 mins to find satellites, so for the time being I've rolled back to the default GNSS driver and use this for M Map and a Bluetooth GPS receiver for SD Richard My real motivation was that I had a perfectly good GNSS chip, capable of using any navigation satellite system in the world, and I couldn't use it with most desktop navigation or mapping programs. Since upgrading to Win 8.1 I have had little luck getting the SD Navigation mode to run using Localizer (M Map still works ok) Solutions seen to revolve around SD writing the navigation element to address the Win Location platform instead of (or as well as) com ports and so removing the need for a product like Localizer or Broadcomm/Asus producing an updated GNSS driver or Centrafuze doing some reprogramming People using generic marine software are having exactly the same issues. The only advantage to Centrafuse Localizer is that its not dependent upon any outside connections or devices. It may be worth trying their trial since it sounds like it does what you need (it makes a virtual COM port that Vistumbler can connect to that gives NMEA compatible data). Until now i don't find drivers or others software able to collect raw data from the Broadcom GNSS receiver embedded on my Tablets and simulate COM port. Looking online the only solution I found to use your internal geolocation sensor was a pay product, Centrafuse Localizer. Unfortunately Centrafuse Localizer crash when i use the latest version on Windows 8.1. Asus Vivotab, WIN8.1, Broadcomm GNSS, Centrafuse Localizer To say that the failure of Microsoft to make provision for Existing Generic GPS software to access inbuilt GNSS under WIN8 is short sighted is an understatement. Dear Gregory, I've already read this post.
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