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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-11 20:00:48 +0000 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-11 20:00:48 +0000 |
commit | 717f2e8d3a43509d5da67d8d3d37e591df2b2566 (patch) | |
tree | 7a5458a918bb5ee23ed1ecaec2c89269117d931d /README | |
parent | 9a375b3062ce75c29be0c8f6592a6bbe8e160701 (diff) | |
download | gpsd-717f2e8d3a43509d5da67d8d3d37e591df2b2566.tar.gz |
gpsd patch #1: Documentation additions and fixes. Notably, there is
now a manual page.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Remco Treffkorn, I am releasing it under the terms and conditions of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 -or later. A copy off which is included in the file COPYING. +or later. A copy of which is included in the file COPYING. @@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ or later. A copy off which is included in the file COPYING. GENERAL ======= -Gpsd is a user land daemon acting as a liason between a gps or +gpsd is a user land 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, +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 +gpsd can take information from the gps and translate it into something easier to understand for clients. The client does not have to run on the same computer ;-) @@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ There is a sample client included. It is called "gps". It simply connects to a gpsd and displays satellites in their current position in the sky. This only works for some GPS receivers! -Gpsd is tested with DeLorme's TripMate, EarthMate and Garmin units. +gpsd is tested with DeLorme's TripMate, EarthMate and Garmin units. CREDITS ======= -Nmea_parse.c is modeled after code seen in gpstrans-0.31b by +nmea_parse.c is modeled after code seen in gpstrans-0.31b by Carsten Tschach. Thanks to Bob Lorenzini <hwm@netcom.com> for his testing and feedback. |