It should be possible, assuming Bluetooth on the phone can pare with the GPS and establish a serial port profile. Then you would open and read from the virtual serial port using the NMEA protocol.
I have no actual experience with bluetooth on Android, but this is how it would have been done on Windows Mobile in the past. Is that bluetooth receiver going to give you a lot off advantages over the built in one? The built in one can use satellites and would not be dependent on the cell network, if that's your concern. Nathan On Apr 22, 12:33 pm, Lucian Tomuta <[email protected]> wrote: > LD-4W is a Bluetooth GPS receiver, not a phone. Bluetooth is the only > supported bearer. > > Best regards, > Lucian > > Calling All Innovators 2010 - mobile development competition - 500000 USD in > prizes -http://bit.ly/bUjIzf > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:25 PM, faizan khan <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > its very much doable.have apps running on both phones which will sync the > > locaiton coordinates.bluetooth/infra red/sms anything could be used for > > synching.you can even consider a desktop to sync the location coordinates :) > > > On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Lucian Tomuta > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> I'm not sure I understand what you are after. On which phone will you run > >> the Android app and doesn't it have a built-in GPS? > > >> If you intend indeed to use a Bluetooth GPS receiver then you should go > >> for Nokia's updated model, > >>http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/accessories/all-accessories/nav... > > >> <http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/accessories/all-accessories/nav...>Other > >> than that it is all about opening a serial port, receiving the NMEA strings > >> and parsing them accordingly. Totally doable. > > >> Best regards, > >> Lucian > > >> Calling All Innovators 2010 - mobile development competition > >>http://bit.ly/bUjIzf > > >> On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 6:11 PM, jeremynealbrown < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Hello, > > >>> I am working on an Android 2.0 project that is going to be used in a > >>> somewhat remote location. There will be no internet connection > >>> available and it will be used outside of the U.S. I am considering the > >>> option of using an external Nokia or similar GPS device as a GPS > >>> receiver/transmitter and connecting to it for use in my application > >>> via bluetooth. > > >>> I am looking for opinions on whether or not this is even possible, if > >>> someone out there has attempted it or if someone has a suggestion for > >>> some other external device that would be more fitting. > > >>> Link to possible external GPS device: > > >>>http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/accessories/all-accessories/nav... > > >>> Thanks in advace, > >>> ~Jeremy > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > >>> [email protected]> > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > >>> To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "Android Developers" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > >> [email protected]> > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > Regards, > > Faizan > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > [email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
