I guess Microsoft is feeling the pressure from the GCC toolchain and have made various version of their development tools available for free download. Getting eMbedded Visual C installed on my notebook involved copying registry entries from a second XP machine, but now it's running smoothly and integrating well with the debugger.

Now that the serial port works (another hiccup), I can write some NMEA code, bypassing gpsd.

Then I need to make some major changes to gosmore relating to API0.5 and the rapidly growing planet file. I also want to add searching of all tags (not just the names) and when duplicates are encountered they will be ordered from near to farthest.

So there's an exciting new version of gosmore in the pipeline. (Or frighting if you're the leading handset manufacturer and you recently purchased a mapping company).