#! /usr/bin/python # Written by Dan Mandle http://dan.mandle.me September 2012 # http://www.danmandle.com/blog/getting-gpsd-to-work-with-python/ # License: GPL 2.0 # This code runs compatibly under Python 2 and 3.x for x >= 2. # Preserve this property! from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, division import os from gps import * from time import * import time import threading gpsd = None # setting the global variable os.system('clear') # clear the terminal (optional) class GpsPoller(threading.Thread): def __init__(self): threading.Thread.__init__(self) global gpsd # bring it in scope gpsd = gps(mode=WATCH_ENABLE) # starting the stream of info self.current_value = None self.running = True # setting the thread running to true def run(self): global gpsd while gpsp.running: # this will continue to loop and grab EACH set of # gpsd info to clear the buffer next(gpsd) if __name__ == '__main__': gpsp = GpsPoller() # create the thread try: gpsp.start() # start it up while True: # It may take a second or two to get good data # print(gpsd.fix.latitude,', ',gpsd.fix.longitude,' # Time: ',gpsd.utc os.system('clear') print() print(' GPS reading') print('----------------------------------------') print('latitude ', gpsd.fix.latitude) print('longitude ', gpsd.fix.longitude) print('time utc ', gpsd.utc, ' + ', gpsd.fix.time) print('altitude (m)', gpsd.fix.altitude) print('eps ', gpsd.fix.eps) print('epx ', gpsd.fix.epx) print('epv ', gpsd.fix.epv) print('ept ', gpsd.fix.ept) print('speed (m/s) ', gpsd.fix.speed) print('climb ', gpsd.fix.climb) print('track ', gpsd.fix.track) print('mode ', gpsd.fix.mode) print() print("%s satellites in view:" % len(gpsd.satellites)) for sat in gpsd.satellites: print(" %r" % sat) time.sleep(5) # set to whatever except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit): # when you press ctrl+c print("\nKilling Thread...") gpsp.running = False gpsp.join() # wait for the thread to finish what it's doing print("Done.\nExiting.")