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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-15 04:10:52 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-15 04:10:52 +0000 |
commit | 14fb220bffad8821c4599d2c5a6eb7489be2408d (patch) | |
tree | 45a5482983fc79f0aca4f6fde91455fc9e243c05 /README | |
parent | a04455f6c42679c21c7fb2b1c670bb8b9e82ae8f (diff) | |
download | gpsd-14fb220bffad8821c4599d2c5a6eb7489be2408d.tar.gz |
Tweaks to new-feature list.
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@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ quality from visible satellites. When querying NMEA-compliant GPSes, it will show a diagram of satellites in their current position in the sky. It uses the same library code as gpsd. -gpsd is tested with DeLorme's TripMate, EarthMate and Garmin units. -Also with the BU-303 USB GPS sold as the NaviLock, Deluo, and Hyperdata. +gpsd is tested with DeLorme's TripMate and EarthMate; also with Garmin units; +also with the BU-303 USB GPS sold as the NaviLock, Deluo, and Hyperdata. Note that the PL2303 USB serial driver used with the BU-2303 seems to have been broken sometime late in the 2.4.x series of Linux kernels and was not fixed until 2.6.7. If in doubt, upgrade. @@ -88,21 +88,24 @@ Actually, some bugs may be mine too now. Sorry. Derrick J. Brashear, 2 January 2000 Or mine. I drastically rewrote this code to clean it up and extend it + New features include: * Documentation (what a concept!) * Cleaned up, simplified command-line options. - * It understands the GLL (Geographic position - Latitude, Longitude) + * It now understands the GLL (Geographic position - Latitude, Longitude) sentence from NMEA 3.0. - * It now parses both variants of the VTG sentence correctly. + * It now parses both the NMEA 3.0 and pre-3.0 variants of the VTG sentence + correctly. * New y and z commands support signal-status reporting and satellite location -- it should no longer ever be necessary for clients to go to - raw mode. + raw mode unless they want to monitor and log the GPS stream. * Massive refactoring -- one main loop now calls a self-contained driver object for each type. - * Internals can now be directly linked as a library, libgpsd(3). + * The GPS-bashing code this program uses can now be directly linked as a + library, libgpsd(3). * Cleaned-up error reporting, we don't use syslog when running in foreground but send all error and status messages to the tty instead. - * Removed -s option -- the right speed is fixed for each type, -s was + * Removed the -s option -- the right speed is fixed for each type, -s was just an invitation to lossage. * Added -n option. * xgpsspeed is working again. |