tangoGPS, a new gps & mapping software for the Neo

[Michael Shiloh]

Hi Marcus,

This looks very useful. I will try to test this out.

Thanks very much for your contribution,

Michael

Marcus Bauer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I wrote tangoGPS, a small but fast gps and mapping software for
> Openmoko/Neo. 
> 
> It uses openstreetmap.org maps, downloading them on demand and caching
> them. You can drag the map, zoom in and out and see your current
> position and track if a gps signal is available.
> 
> 
> In order to run it you must have gllin and gpsd installed and running. 
> 
> A working way for doing so is this gllin-script:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> #!/bin/sh
> killall ld-linux.so.2
> killall gpsd
> mknod /tmp/nmeaNP p
> gpsd -n /tmp/nmeaNP
> cd /home/root/gllin
> lib/ld-linux.so.2
> --library-path /home/root/gllin/lib:/home/root/gllin/usr/lib \
>  /home/root/gllin/gllin.real -low 5 2>&1 > /dev/null
> lib/ld-linux.so.2
> --library-path /home/root/gllin/lib:/home/root/gllin/usr/lib \
>  /home/root/gllin/gllin.real -periodic 1 &
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> You can check gpsd by connecting to the port 2947 and then typing "r",
> which should look similar to this:
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> root at fic-gta01:~$ nc localhost 2947
> r
> GPSD,R=1
> $GPGGA,091823.00,4441.889619,N,00817.008749,E,1,04,3.0,066.0,M,0.313003,M,0.0190515,*49
> $GPRMC,091823.00,A,4441.889619,N,00817.008749,E,000.0,150.0,040208,,,A*53
> $GPGSV,3,1,11,16,75,244,24,21,50,054,21,18,43,106,34,06,29,094,21*73
> $GPGSV,3,2,11,03,45,295,,07,28,095,,22,28,156,,19,17,283,*7A
> $GPGSV,3,3,11,24,11,050,,25,11,317,,29,07,094,*49
> $GPGSA,A,3,06,16,18,21,,,,,,,,,6.7,3.0,6.0*3D
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> 
> 
> When this all works, you can start tangogps. Make sure your Neo is
> connected to the internet so that it can download maps.
> 
> 
> 
> You can find a precompiled ipkg, more info and a video on
> http://www.tangogps.org/
> 
> 
> Enjoy & let me know if it is useful for you!
> 
> Marcus
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