tangoGPS, a new gps & mapping software for the Neo

[Lionel Dricot]

Hi Marcus,

I saw your name on the FOSDEM schedule and will attend your conference :-)

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Michael Shiloh <michael at openmoko.org>
wrote:

> 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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