Almost for sure, browser security will not let you do this in a web browser. You'll probably have to write a custom desktop C application, or get the user to install some kind of glue widget... PEAR|PECL *might* have some USB stuff in a library you could use to write the PHP desktop widget and keep this on-topic, but I dunno... On Tue, March 4, 2008 10:18 am, Jay Blanchard wrote: > Howdy group! > > I know that this is not a PHP question (but it will work with a PHP > app) > but I thought I would ask the smartest group of people I know if they > have any clue or would be familiar with a device I can use. I need to > purchase a small GPS receiver/antenna that will plug into a USB port. > Then I need to access the port (Ajax? Java?) while in my web > application > to deliver the coordinates to my PHP application. That will give me > the > physical location of the machine accessing the application. > > Any insight will be valuable. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
