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author | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2013-11-25 14:32:04 -0500 |
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committer | Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com> | 2013-11-25 14:32:04 -0500 |
commit | 6c784e3f144098640faa9a6311d47d3911241fc2 (patch) | |
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Markup fixes and some new home-page content.
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diff --git a/www/index.html.in b/www/index.html.in index 5fb1820b..5ce04618 100644 --- a/www/index.html.in +++ b/www/index.html.in @@ -118,37 +118,44 @@ location-aware applications GPS/AIS logs for diagnostic purposes.</p> layer of open-source infrastructure for programs running under Linux and other open-source Unixes that want to be location-sensitive. We aim for simple, robust interfaces, unfussy operation, and an easy -learning curve for application developers. Applications that +learning curve for application developers.</p> + +<p>Applications that presently use <code>gpsd</code> include <a href="http://www.pygps.org">pyGPS</a>, -<a href="http://www.gpsdrive.de/">gpsdrive</a> -<a href="http://www.kismetwireless.net/">Kismet</a> -<a href="http://www.gpsdrive.de/">GPSdrive</a> -<a href="http://qpegps.sourceforge.net/">gpeGPS</a> -<a href="http://www.gnustep.it/enrico/position/">position</a> -<a href="http://roadmap.sourceforge.net/">roadmap</a> -<a href="http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/">roadnav</a> -<a href="http://www.navit-project.org/">navit</a> -<a href="http://viking.sf.net">viking</a> -<a href="http://www.tangogps.org/">tangogps</a> -<a href="http://www.foxtrotGPS.org/">foxtrot</a> -<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencpn/">opencpn</a> +<a href="http://www.gpsdrive.de/">gpsdrive</a>, +<a href="http://www.kismetwireless.net/">Kismet</a>, +<a href="http://www.gpsdrive.de/">GPSdrive</a>, +<a href="http://qpegps.sourceforge.net/">gpeGPS</a>, +<a href="http://www.gnustep.it/enrico/position/">position</a>, +<a href="http://roadmap.sourceforge.net/">roadmap</a>, +<a href="http://roadnav.sourceforge.net/">roadnav</a>, +<a href="http://www.navit-project.org/">navit</a>, +<a href="http://viking.sf.net">viking</a>, +<a href="http://www.tangogps.org/">tangogps</a>, +<a href="http://www.foxtrotGPS.org/">foxtrot</a>, +<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/opencpn/">opencpn</a>, <a href="http://icculus.org/obdgpslogger/">obdgpslogger</a>, <a href="http://www.virtualroadside.com/geoHist/">geohist</a>, -<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/LiveGPS">LiveGPS</a> -<a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue">geoclue</a> -<a href="http://www.qlandkarte.org/">qlandkartegt</a> -<a href="http://gpredict.oz9aec.net/">gpredict</a> -<a href="http://opencpn.org/">OpenCPN</a> +<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/JOSM/Plugins/LiveGPS">LiveGPS</a>, +<a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue">geoclue</a>, +<a href="http://www.qlandkarte.org/">qlandkartegt</a>, +<a href="http://gpredict.oz9aec.net/">gpredict</a>, +<a href="http://opencpn.org/">OpenCPN</a>, <a href="https://github.com/infinet/gpsd-navigator.git">gpsd-navigator</a>, -<a href="https://github.com/IvanSanchez/gpsd-ais-viewer">gpsd-ais-viewer>, -and <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">firefox/mozilla</a>.</p> - -<p>In addition, the Android smartphone operating system (from version +<a href="https://github.com/IvanSanchez/gpsd-ais-viewer">gpsd-ais-viewer</a>, +and <a +href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/">firefox/mozilla</a>. +In addition, the Android smartphone operating system (from version 4.0 onwards and possibly earlier; we don't know for sure when the change happened) uses GPSD to monitor the phone's on-board GPS, so every location-aware Android app is indirectly a GPSD client.</p> +<p>GPSD is also extremely widely deployed in mobile embedded systems: +it's a basic building block for navigation used by UAVs, robot +submarines, and driverless cars as well as more conventional +applications like marine navigation and military IFF systems.</p> + <p>Under Linux, <code>gpsd</code> normally runs with zero configuration. Binary packages for this program install hotplug scripts that do the right thing when a USB device goes active, |