How to install gypsy?

Sebastian Krzyszkowiak seba.dos1 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 13 17:26:12 CEST 2009


On 8/13/09, RANJAN <infibit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >I don't think it's possible. But you could use data from Gypsy or gpsd
>> >protocol to translate it into NMEA sentences.
>
>
> But typing *telnet localhost gpsd*  displays the NMEA sentences.So is it
> possible to write a python script which reads the NMEA from telnet
> localhost
> gpsd?
>
> Sriranjan
>

If it's possible from telnet, then it's possible from python (but
probably not from dbus). Just listen to gpsd port on 127.0.0.1. I
wrote few years ago some python app using python-telnet, that
shouldn't be hard and AFAIR good howtos are available on internet.

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Sebastian Krzyszkowiak
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