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2007-12-07
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Originally Posted by jmayson
I think you want something like this:
Is it possible to read the GPS (that is get the latitude, longitude, and other information) from the command line? I can think of several uses for this.
http://gps-saver.garage.maemo.org/
I just got a GPS last night, gonna have to give it a shot myself
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Originally Posted by jmayson
Well if you know the device name ie, /dev/ttyUSB0, or whatever it is. You should be able to telnet it.
I nosed around looking for this, but can't find it anywhere.
Is it possible to read the GPS (that is get the latitude, longitude, and other information) from the command line? I can think of several uses for this.
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2007-12-07
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On the 810, if you execute "/usr/libexec/navicore-gpsd-helper" (without the quotes) it will start up the GPS daemon and give a running log...
It is a bit cryptic, but the lines that start with "GPGGA" contain the latitude and longitude information, along with some other gunk I don't grok yet...
Probably wouldn't take a lot of bash-script to clean it up to a human readable output...
Last edited by crawdad; 2007-12-07 at 20:06. Reason: note that the info is 810-specific
It is a bit cryptic, but the lines that start with "GPGGA" contain the latitude and longitude information, along with some other gunk I don't grok yet...
Probably wouldn't take a lot of bash-script to clean it up to a human readable output...
Last edited by crawdad; 2007-12-07 at 20:06. Reason: note that the info is 810-specific
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2007-12-07
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Thanks for all the replies. I'm still debating between the N800 and N810. The ability to read the GPS, even if it's cryptic, tips the scales in favor of the N810.
I'll let everyone know how this works out.
I'll let everyone know how this works out.
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2007-12-07
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Originally Posted by jmayson
You'd need an external GPS for the N800, but the data can be read on the N800 too.
Thanks for all the replies. I'm still debating between the N800 and N810. The ability to read the GPS, even if it's cryptic, tips the scales in favor of the N810.
Edit: as mentioned above, /usr/libexec/navicore-gpsd-helper works, you can redirect to a log file, or kill it and grep what you want from /dev/rfcomm0, etc.
Last edited by dblank; 2007-12-07 at 21:12.
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2007-12-10
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Originally Posted by crawdad
On the 810, if you execute "/usr/libexec/navicore-gpsd-helper" (without the quotes) it will start up the GPS daemon and give a running log...
It is a bit cryptic, but the lines that start with "GPGGA" contain the latitude and longitude information, along with some other gunk I don't grok yet...
I haven't seen the rest of the file you're talking about but GPGGA is part of the NMEA spec, for which there are loads of resources online.
Is it possible to read the GPS (that is get the latitude, longitude, and other information) from the command line? I can think of several uses for this.