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authorEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2004-08-11 20:00:48 +0000
committerEric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>2004-08-11 20:00:48 +0000
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gpsd patch #1: Documentation additions and fixes. Notably, there is
now a manual page.
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@@ -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.