#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # # usage: gegps [-i] [-d kmldir] # # Feed location data from a running GPSD to a Google Earth instance. # The -d argument is the location of the Google Earth installation # directory. If not specified, it defaults to the current directory. # # If you have the free (non-subscription) version, start by running with # the -i option to drop a clue in the Google Earth installation directory, # as 'Open_in_Google_Earth_RT_GPS.kml', then open that file in Places # (File > Open...), # # The basic recipe is here: # http://tjworld.net/wiki/Linux/Ubuntu/GoogleEarthPlusRealTimeGPS # # This code originally by Jaroslaw Zachwieja and a guy referring # to himself/herself as TJ(http://tjworld.net) # Modified by Chen Wei for use with gpsd # Cleaned up and adapted for the GPSD project by Eric S. Raymond. # 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 getopt import os import sys import gps KML_OPEN_IN_GE = '''\ Realtime GPS 1 Realtime_GPS.kml onInterval ''' def kmlize(tpv): '''http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html for official kml document''' latitude = tpv['lat'] longitude = tpv['lon'] # not all TPV includes speed, like when acquiring fix if 'speed' in tpv: speed_in = tpv['speed'] # meter/second speed = speed_in * gps.MPS_TO_KPH # Km/h else: speed = 0 # not all TPV includes heading, like when acquiring fix if speed >= 1 and 'track' in tpv: heading = int(round(tpv['track'], 0)) else: heading = 0 # not all TPV includes altitude # like ublox8 in fixed position (time) mode if 'alt' in tpv: altitude = tpv['alt'] else: altitude = 0 return """ %s km/h,heading %s Realtime GPS feeding %s %s %s,%s,%s """ % (speed, heading, longitude, latitude, longitude, latitude, altitude) if __name__ == "__main__": session = gps.gps() session.stream(gps.WATCH_ENABLE) kmldir = "." initialize = False (options, arguments) = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "d:i") for (opt, arg) in options: if opt == '-d': kmldir = arg elif opt == '-i': initialize = True if initialize: f = open(os.path.join(kmldir, 'Open_in_Google_Earth_RT_GPS.kml'), 'w') f.write(KML_OPEN_IN_GE) f.close() else: try: while True: report = session.next() if report['class'] == 'TPV': f = open(os.path.join(kmldir, 'Realtime_GPS.kml'), 'w') f.write(kmlize(report)) f.close() except StopIteration: pass except KeyboardInterrupt: print('gegpsd stopped ') # end