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| author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-25 09:02:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2004-08-25 09:02:23 +0000 |
| commit | 7eeef0e11c37a46f6badcdb1e49731e34b3bac6b (patch) | |
| tree | 187fe24b3c067440c153b60789d8cef9d30832d3 /README | |
| parent | b0678f270dab6f12d90391630f9aa9411082f7cb (diff) | |
| download | gpsd-7eeef0e11c37a46f6badcdb1e49731e34b3bac6b.tar.gz | |
This is version 1.95. Mainly a fix for Makefile.in.
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@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@ - - - COPYRIGHT ========= @@ -28,11 +25,6 @@ velocity or altitude information. 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 ;-) -I have a boat connected to the internet (Ricochet modem) running -gpsd, the maping program runs here at home (no, I will not give -you the boats IP address :-) - There is a GPS tester included. It is called "gps". It simply connects to a GPS and displays your latitude, longitude, altitude, and the signal quality from visible satellites. When querying NMEA-compliant GPSes, it @@ -40,7 +32,7 @@ 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 and EarthMate; also with Garmin units; -also with the BU-303 USB GPS sold as the NaviLock, Deluo, and Hyperdata. +also with the BU-303 USB GPS sold as the NaviLock, Globalsat, 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. @@ -76,7 +68,7 @@ Be advised: any bugs in this code are mine, and mine only ;-) Thanks for Russ Nelson for providing a home for gpsd! -This is as it stands today, Feburary 05 2002. +This is as it stands today, February 05 2002. remco@emc.rvt.com @@ -106,9 +98,11 @@ New features include: library, libgps(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 the -s option -- the right speed is fixed for each type, -s was - just an invitation to lossage. * Added -n option to do batch monitoring of GPSes. * xgpsspeed is working again. + * RPMs which include installation of gpsd to start up at boot time + are available. + * C and Python libraries are available to encapsulate the client side of + querying gpsd. -Eric S. Raymond, 11 Aug 2004 +Eric S. Raymond, 23 Aug 2004 |