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#! /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 #seting 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:
next(gpsd) #this will continue to loop and grab EACH set of gpsd info to clear the buffer
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.")
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