On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 06:36:57PM +0200, Tilman Koschnick wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > > * Package name : gpsd > Version : 2.1 > Upstream Author : Derrick Brashear <dbrashear at users.berlios.de> > Eric S. Raymond <esr at users.berlios.de> > Russ Nelson <nelsonrn at users.berlios.de> > Remco Treffkorn <remco at users.berlios.de> > * URL : http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gpsd/ > * License : GPL > Description : a GPS service daemon > > gpsd is a userland daemon acting as a liason between a GPS or > Loran-C receiver and clients. The receiver is expected to generate > position information as NMEA-0183 sentences, or Rockwell binary format, > although that can be changed. > . > gpsd listens on port 2947 for clients requesting position, time, > velocity or altitude information. gpsd can take information from the > GPS and translate it into something easier to understand for clients. > . > There is a GPS tester included. It is called "gps". It simply connects > to the daemon and displays your latitude, longitude, altitude, and the > signal quality from visible satellites. When the GPS emits GSV, it > will show a diagram of satellites in their current position in the sky. > . > The gpsprobe program queries GPSes for their capabilities and generates > a gnuplot recipe for an error scattergram to standard outout. > . > There is a project site for gpsd at <http://www.berlios/gpsd/>. > Look there for updates, news, and project mailing lists. See that > website for a list of GPS units known to be compatible.
Wow this is neat. Does it connect to military satellite servers or something? Dan
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