GPS logger / field data collection
Jim Morris
ml at e4net.com
Tue Aug 19 10:52:16 CEST 2008
Jim Morris wrote:
> Brian Wilson wrote:
>> Jim wrote:
>> I tried to used gpsd with my GPS base station my recollection was that
>> it was totally useless for that. I assume that it will be useless for
>> this project too but it's a starting point.
>>
>
> gpsd seems to work fine for me, and I can develop my app on my host, and connect to it over the USB
> connection, or over the wifi.
>
> Other than the documented problems with the 5 reads to get the fix.
>
Hmm I am losing faith in gpsd, I've run into the problem where it seems to be running and I can
connect to it but there is no fix data. Restarting it doesn't fix it but poweroff and on the gps,
and I get fixes again. Not sure if that is gpsd or the gps itself.
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Jim Morris, http://blog.wolfman.com
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