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diff --git a/www/faq.html b/www/faq.html index cf14b42b..f5dd16df 100644 --- a/www/faq.html +++ b/www/faq.html @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ GPSD Frequently Asked Questions <a href="index.html#recipes">Recipes</a><br/> <a href="index.html#others">Other GPSDs</a><br/> <a href="hardware.html">Hardware</a><br/> + <a href="references.html">References</a><br/> <a href="history.html">History</a><br/> <a href='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/'> diff --git a/www/gps-hacking.html b/www/gps-hacking.html index cdc6f263..4ae31d79 100644 --- a/www/gps-hacking.html +++ b/www/gps-hacking.html @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ ESR's Guide to Hacking With GPS <a href="index.html#recipes">Recipes</a><br/> <a href="index.html#others">Other GPSDs</a><br/> <a href="hardware.html">Hardware</a><br/> + <a href="references.html">References</a><br/> <a href="history.html">History</a><br/> <a href='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/'> @@ -365,10 +366,6 @@ client connects to the daemon.</p> <dt><a href="http://34n118w.net/htmldir/GPS.html">GPS Resources</a></dt> <dd>This is where the orbital simulation came from.</dd> -<dt><a href='http://www.topology.org/soft/gps.html'>GPS interfaces and -software</a></dt> -<dd>Linux and open-source resources for working with GPSes.</dd> - <dt><a href='http://www.circuitcellar.com/library/print/0899/Cyliax109/index.htm'>Where in the World</a></dt> @@ -377,9 +374,6 @@ like <a href="http://www.circuitcellar.com/library/print/0899/Cyliax109/3.htm">CEP and DGPS</a>.</dd> -<dt><a href="http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm">NMEA data</a></dt> -<dd>Excellent document on the NMEA protocol.</dd> - <dt><a href="http://www.ualberta.ca/~ckuethe/gps/">GPS Hackery</a></dt> <dd>Chris Kuethe's page has links to many interesting resources.</dd> @@ -394,10 +388,9 @@ the non-technical description</a></dt> <dt><a href='http://users.erols.com/dlwilson/gps.htm'>David L. Wilson's GPS Accuracy Web Page</a></dt> <dd>Goes in-depth on accuracy, with the math.</dd> - -<dt><a -href='http://www.itu.int/rec/recommendation.asp?type=items&lang=E&parent=R-REC-M.823-2-199710-I'>ITU-R M.823-2</a></dt> -<dd>This specification documents some of the murky depths of RTCM-104.</dd> +<dt><a href='http://www.topology.org/soft/gps.html'>GPS interfaces and +software</a></dt> +<dd>Linux and open-source resources for working with GPSes.</dd> </dl> </body> diff --git a/www/hardware.html b/www/hardware.html index 6f2f484d..21046487 100644 --- a/www/hardware.html +++ b/www/hardware.html @@ -502,28 +502,8 @@ gives a vendor and product ID, send us those numbers.)</li> <h2>Notes on chipset support:</h2> -<p>SiRF-II: A <a -href='http://www.rayming.com/download/NEMA_commands.pdf'>technical -manual</a> describing NMEA extensions supported by this chipset is -available from Globalsat's U.S. reseller. For SiRF binary -protocol, look <a href='sirf_binary.pdf'>here</a>.</p> - -<p>The SiRFstar-I chipset used by uBlox and some others is documented <a -href='http://www.linkwave.co.uk/assets/GPS.G2-X-01003-E1.pdf'>here</a>.</p> - -<p>A spec sheet for the Evermore chipset <a -href='http://www.twintrading.co.kr/pdf/himark/bbp120brief.pdf'>is -available</a>. User's guide, including protocol spec, is <a -href='GM-X205_UG_revB.pdf'>here</a>.</p> - -<p>Zodiac: See the <a href='zodiac.pdf'>Zodiac Serial Data -Interface Specification</a></p> - -<p>Sony: the Sony CXD2951 command set is dcumented -<a href='cxd2951-commands.pdf'>here</a>.</p> - -<p>Garmin serial GPSes: a manual for the 16 and 17 series is -<a href='http://www.garmin.com/manuals/GPS17N_GPS16_17NSeriesTechnicalSpecification.pdf'>here</a>.</p> +<p>For vendor protocol protocol manuals see our +<a href='references.html'>Programmer's References</a> page.</p> <p>PL2303: support is broken in late 2.4 Linux kernels (it broke after 2.4.18) but good in 2.6.8 and later.</p> diff --git a/www/history.html b/www/history.html index ca7184be..7923234f 100644 --- a/www/history.html +++ b/www/history.html @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ A Brief History of GPSD <a href="index.html#recipes">Recipes</a><br/> <a href="index.html#others">Other GPSDs</a><br/> <a href="hardware.html">Hardware</a><br/> + <a href="references.html">References</a><br/> + <a href="hardware.html">Hardware</a><br/> History<br/> <a href='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/'> diff --git a/www/index.html.in b/www/index.html.in index da596004..6384905b 100644 --- a/www/index.html.in +++ b/www/index.html.in @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ <a href="#recipes">Recipes</a><br/> <a href="#others">Other GPSDs</a><br/> <a href="hardware.html">Hardware</a><br/> + <a href="references.html">References</a><br/> <a href="history.html">History</a><br/> <a href='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/'> diff --git a/www/references.html b/www/references.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..17b024f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/www/references.html @@ -0,0 +1,171 @@ +<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> +<html> +<head> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> + <meta name="Description" content="Programmer's references for GPSD"> + <meta name="Keywords" content="GPS, translator, GIS"> + <title>Reference links on GPS technology</title> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css" type="text/css"/> +</head> +<body> + +<div id="Header">Programmer's References</div> + +<div id="Menu"> + <img src="gpsd-logo-small.png"/><br /> + <a href="index.html">Home<br/> + <a href="index.html#news">News</a><br/> + <a href="index.html#downloads">Downloads</a><br/> + <a href="index.html#mailing-lists">Mailing lists</a><br/> + <a href="index.html#documentation">Documentation</a><br/> + <a href="faq.html">FAQ</a><br/> + <a href="xgps-sample.html">Screenshots</a><br/> + <a href="index.html#recipes">Recipes</a><br/> + <a href="index.html#others">Other GPSDs</a><br/> + <a href="hardware.html">Hardware</a><br/> + References<br/> + <a href="history.html">History</a><br/> + + <a href='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/'> + <img src='http://www.catb.org/hacker-emblem/glider.png' + alt='hacker emblem' /></a><br /> + + <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer"><img + src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml10" + alt="Valid XHTML 1.0!" height="31" width="88" /></a> +</div> +<div id="Content"> + +<p>This page lists both onsite and offsite resources for programmers +trying to understand GPS technology.</p> + +<h1>GPS standards</h1> + +<dl> +<dt><a href='NMEA.txt'>NMEA sentences</a></dt> +<dd>The NMEA 0183 standard describing how GPSes are supposed to report +to computers is proprietary. The GPSD project has collected fairly +comprehensive information on the contents of that standard from +various Web sources. This is the collection.</dd> + +<dt><a href="http://www.gpsinformation.org/dale/nmea.htm">NMEA data</a></dt> +<dd>This is one of the sources for the above. Includes some +information on vendor-specific quirks that we son't.</dd> + +<dt><a href='http://www.nmea.org/pub/0183/'>NMEA 0183</a></dt> +<dd>This is the actual standard. The distribution terms are evil, +e.g. it's proprietary and expensive and NMEA's attack lawyers have been +known to threaten people who quote it directly. Consequently, nobody +on the GPSD project has ever looked at it.</dd> + +<dt><a href='IS-GPS-200D.pdf'>Navstar Global Positioning Interface +Specification</a></dt> +<dd>This is the official specification for interpreting radio +transmission from GPS satellites. You do not need to read this +unless you are trying to make sense of the raw 50BPS subframe +data. Be warned: this specification is complex and nasty.</dd> + +<dt><a +href='http://www.itu.int/rec/recommendation.asp?type=items&lang=E&parent=R-REC-M.823-2-199710-I'>ITU-R M.823-2</a></dt> +<dd>This specification documents some of the murky depths of +RTCM-104. Unfortunately, its distribution terms are also evil.</dd> + +</dl> + +<h1>Vendor protocols</h1> + +<p>Due to the inadequacies of NMEA, GPS chipset vendors have invented +NMEA extensions or their own more tightly-designed reporting formats. +This is a collection of descriptions of them. Many of these have +already been used in the implementation of <code>gpsd</code>; others +may be used in the future.</p> + +<dl> +<dt><a href='sirf_binary.pdf'>SiRF Binary Protocol Reference Manual</a></dt> +<dd>The binary protocol for the chip used by over 80% of consumer-grade +GPSes in 2005.</dd> + +<dt><a href='sirf_protocol.pdf'>SiRF GPS Protocol Reference Manual</a></dt> +<dd>This what SiRF gives OEMs as a reference for SiRF's NMEA 0183 +extensions. Notably, it describes the commands for switching to SiRF +binary mode.</dd> + +<dt><a href='uBlox.pdf'>u-blox extension to SiRF binary protocol</a></dt> +<dd>uBlox was an OEM-enhanced firmware variant of the SiRF-I chip. +<code>gpsd</code> supports it. It's obsolete.</dd> + +<dt><a +href='http://www.linkwave.co.uk/assets/GPS.G2-X-01003-E1.pdf'>TIM GPS +Receiver Maco-Component(offsite link)</a></dt> +<dd> Describes the SiRFstar-I chipset used by uBlox and some others. +<code>gpsd</code> supports it. It's obsolete.</dd> + +<dt><a +href='http://www.garmin.com/manuals/GPS17N_GPS16_17NSeriesTechnicalSpecification.pdf'> +GPS 16/17 Series Technical Specification (offsite link)</a></dt> +<dd>A manual for the 16 and 17 series of Garmin serial GPSes. These +don't use Garmin binary protocol, but rather an enhanced +NMEA. <code>gpsd</code> supports it.</dd> + +<dt><a href='zodiac.pdf'>Zodiac Serial Data Interface Specification</a></dt> +<dd>Describes the binary protocol used by Rockwell Zodiac chipsets. +Supported by <code>gpsd</code>. Now obsolete.</dd> + +<dt><a href='garmin-binary.pdf'>GARMIN GPS Interface Specification</a></dt> +<dd>The binary protocol used by Garmin USB GPSes. Supported by +<code>gpsd</code>.</dd> + +<dt><a href='cxd2951-commands.pdf'>CXD2951 Communication Command Specification</a></dt> +<dd>Describes the extension command set supported by the Sony GPS +CXD2951 chipset. Supported by <code>gpsd</code>.</dd> + +<dt><a href='fastrax.pdf'>NMEA Protocol Specification for iTrax02 +Evaluation Kit</a></dt> <dd>Describes the NMEA extensions for the +iTrax chipset used by Fastrax GPSes, including the commands to switch +to binary iTalk mode. Not yet supported by <code>gpsd</code> but work +is in progress.</dd> + +<dt><a href='iTalk.pdf'>iTALK protocol specification</a></dt> +<dd>Describes the binary protocol for the iTrax chipset used by +Fastrax GPSes. Not yet supported by <code>gpsd</code> but work is in +progress.</dd> + +<dt><a href='fv-18_manual.pdf'>FV18 user manual</a></dt> +<dd>Describes NMEA extensions supported by the San Jose Navigation +FV-18 GPS chipset. Supported by <code>gpsd</code>.</dd> + +<dt><a href='GPS-210-Manual-E.pdf'>Holux GM-210 GPS Receiver User's +Guide</a></dt> +<dd>Describes NMEA as emitted by the Holux GM210. This is a very +generic NMEA GPS. Supported by <code>gpsd</code>.</dd> + +<dt><a href='GM-X205_UG_revB.pdf'>GM-X205 GPS Receiver Module User's Guide</a></dt> +<dd>Describes the binary protocol emitted by EverMore GM-X205 GPS +chipset. Not yet supported by <code>gpsd</code> but work is in +progress.</dd> + +<dt><a href='garmin_simpletext.txt'>Garmin Simple Text Protocol</a></dt> +<dd>Some digital cameras are alleged to use this very simple textual +report format. Not yet supported by <code>gpsd</code></dt> +</dl> + +<h1>Other</h1> + +<dl> +<dt><a href='XYZ-NED.pdf'>ECEF-to-Geodetic C Code</a></dt> +<dd>Sample C code for conversion from the Earth Centered-Earth Fixed +coordinates reported by many vendor binary protocols to ordinary +geodetic coordinates.</dd> +</dl> + +</div> +<hr/> +<script language="JavaScript" src="datestamp.js" type='text/javascript'></script> +</body> +</html> + +<!-- +Local Variables: +compile-command: "(scp bibiography.html esr@shell.berlios.de:/home/groups/gpsd/htdocs)" +End: +--> @@ -24,5 +24,4 @@ xmlto xhtml-nochunks ../rtcm.xml xmlto xhtml-nochunks ../srec.xml xmlto xhtml-nochunks replacing-nmea.xml (cd performance; xmlto xhtml-nochunks performance.xml) -# Doesn't upload PDFs or GIFs -- they aren't expected to change frequently -scp *.html *.png performance/{*.html,*.txt,*.png} *.css *.js *.txt *.ebuild $webdir +scp *.html *.png *.pdf *.gif performance/{*.html,*.txt,*.png} *.css *.js *.txt *.ebuild $webdir |