Thanks Giovanni and Zoltan, We make use of Android devices for work in Zambia and have been "navigating" using an app called BackCountry Navigator. These options may provide a nice alternative.
Regards, Wesley On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:26 AM, G. Allegri <[email protected]> wrote: > You need to bridge your Android device and something that emulate a serial > port device for your laptop. > I don't have experience with them, neither I know if open source solutions > are available, but there are various solutions on the market, many of them > using Bluetooth as the transmission mean between Android and the PC. > > Recently I heard about BlueNMEA and GPSDirect (this one for Windows and > free only for non-commercial use). > > giovanni > > > > 2013/9/4 Zoltan Szecsei <[email protected]> > >> Hi Guys, >> Does anyone know of an app whereby I can link my Android phone to a >> laptop running QGis, and have QGis read the GPS coords in realtime, and >> track the position on a displayed image? >> >> Rather like a normal "car GPS", but using the GPS in my Android phone, >> and tracking my position on my vectors and images that are being displayed >> in QGis. >> >> TIA, >> Zoltan >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ==============================**============= >> Zoltan Szecsei PrGISc [PGP0031] >> Geograph (Pty) Ltd. >> P.O. Box 7, Muizenberg 7950, South Africa. >> >> 65 Main Road, Muizenberg 7945 >> Western Cape, South Africa. >> >> 34° 6'16.35"S 18°28'5.62"E >> >> Tel: +27-21-7884897 Mobile: +27-83-6004028 >> Fax: +27-86-6115323 www.geograph.co.za >> ==============================**============= >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/qgis-user<http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user> >> > > > > -- > Giovanni Allegri > http://about.me/giovanniallegri > blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it > GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://bit.ly/GEOplus > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Dr Wesley Roberts [email protected] Cell: +27(0)83 5355 646 skype: roberts-w
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