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#187011 - 27/10/2003 08:32 ? Somebody here who can create a /dev/gps device?
rowitech
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Registered: 22/09/2002
Posts: 249
Loc: Germany, Cologne
I wonder if there's somebody out here wo can provide a functional /dev/gps which contains the actual position.
It's quite easy to use shell-scripts to program small nice things to do some small nice work :-). To create location based programs I'd like to use an /dev/gps file to get something out like 7.0833 51.56 (East, North or something else, I'm not so good in geography).

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#187012 - 27/10/2003 10:21 Re: ? Somebody here who can create a /dev/gps device? [Re: rowitech]
siberia37
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Registered: 09/01/2002
Posts: 702
Loc: Tacoma,WA
Better answer is to use GPSD. It's already a well-defined standard with example source code available and it runs on the Empeg fine from what I hear. GPSApp supports GpsD as a source so you can run it and any programs you make at the same time without problem.

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#187013 - 27/10/2003 15:03 Re: ? Somebody here who can create a /dev/gps device? [Re: siberia37]
rowitech
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Registered: 22/09/2002
Posts: 249
Loc: Germany, Cologne
Fine, so there is already a solution.
I searches around, but didn't find a gpsd as a package. Is it part of something? (Obviously not part of gpsapp?).

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#187014 - 27/10/2003 15:18 Re: ? Somebody here who can create a /dev/gps device? [Re: rowitech]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
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#187015 - 27/10/2003 16:16 Re: ? Somebody here who can create a /dev/gps device? [Re: rowitech]
siberia37
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Registered: 09/01/2002
Posts: 702
Loc: Tacoma,WA
Derrick compiled a few versions of it for the empeg. Try here. Programming protocol is here


Edited by siberia37 (27/10/2003 16:17)

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#187016 - 28/10/2003 01:04 Re: ? Somebody here who can create a /dev/gps device? [Re: rowitech]
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
google://gpsd/i feel lucky

i mock your search abilities.


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#187017 - 28/10/2003 02:03 Re: ? Somebody here who can create a /dev/gps device? [Re: Daria]
simspos
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Registered: 28/03/2002
Posts: 230
Loc: Dudley, UK
i mock your search abilities

LOL

..... and not forgetting....

"Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries"

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