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Current version: 2.94 | Current version: 2.94 | ||
The Mac port: | The Mac port: version 2.38 http://gpsd.darwinports.com/ | ||
My Mac: MacBookPro running Snow Leopard. | My Mac: MacBookPro running 10.6.3 (Snow Leopard). | ||
= What and why = | = What and why = | ||
gpsd is a service that listens to one or more gps receivers and makes the received data available over a network connection. | gpsd is a service that listens to one or more gps receivers and makes the received data available over a network connection. It understands a wide variety of binary protocols. | ||
The reason to run it on a Mac laptop is to make the signal available to programs needing location services in a way that is flexible and device independent. | The reason to run it on a Mac laptop is to make the signal available to programs needing time and location services in a way that is flexible and device independent. | ||
I use virtual machines, so I should be able to let a program running on any virtual machine connect to the gpsd host running on the Mac. | I use virtual machines, so I should be able to let a program running on any virtual machine connect to the gpsd host running on the Mac. | ||
== Receivers == | |||
All the receivers I have currently are covered: | |||
*DeLorme Earthmate | |||
*Garmin | |||
*NMEA | |||
*SiRF | |||
*Trimble TSIP | |||
*UBX | |||
= How = | = How = | ||
There is no need to do anything special, at version 2.94 it builds out of the box on Snow Leopard. | |||
unpack tarball | |||
./configure | |||
make | |||
sudo make install | |||
Revision as of 15:52, 8 May 2010
Where
gpsd home: http://gpsd.berlios.de/
Current version: 2.94
The Mac port: version 2.38 http://gpsd.darwinports.com/
My Mac: MacBookPro running 10.6.3 (Snow Leopard).
What and why
gpsd is a service that listens to one or more gps receivers and makes the received data available over a network connection. It understands a wide variety of binary protocols.
The reason to run it on a Mac laptop is to make the signal available to programs needing time and location services in a way that is flexible and device independent.
I use virtual machines, so I should be able to let a program running on any virtual machine connect to the gpsd host running on the Mac.
Receivers
All the receivers I have currently are covered:
- DeLorme Earthmate
- Garmin
- NMEA
- SiRF
- Trimble TSIP
- UBX
How
There is no need to do anything special, at version 2.94 it builds out of the box on Snow Leopard.
unpack tarball ./configure make sudo make install
