tangoGPS, a new gps & mapping software for the Neo

[Lionel Dricot]

Hello,

I'm highly interested in your software. I'm curious about a comparison with
Maermo mapper. And also : how hard do you think it would be to port your
TangoGPS to Maemo (Nokia N810) ?

Great job !

On Feb 4, 2008 10:35 AM, Marcus Bauer <marcus.bauer at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
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> I wrote tangoGPS, a small but fast gps and mapping software for
> Openmoko/Neo.
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> 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.
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> In order to run it you must have gllin and gpsd installed and running.
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> A working way for doing so is this gllin-script:
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> #!/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 &
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
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> You can check gpsd by connecting to the port 2947 and then typing "r",
> which should look similar to this:
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> 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.
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> You can find a precompiled ipkg, more info and a video on
> http://www.tangogps.org/
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> Enjoy & let me know if it is useful for you!
>
> Marcus
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