Hello, I'm highly interested in your software. I'm curious about a comparison with Maermo mapper. And also : how hard do you think it would be to port your TangoGPS to Maemo (Nokia N810) ?
Great job ! On Feb 4, 2008 10:35 AM, Marcus Bauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I wrote tangoGPS, a small but fast gps and mapping software for > Openmoko/Neo. > > It uses openstreetmap.org maps, downloading them on demand and caching > them. You can drag the map, zoom in and out and see your current > position and track if a gps signal is available. > > > In order to run it you must have gllin and gpsd installed and running. > > A working way for doing so is this gllin-script: > --------------------------------------------------------------- > #!/bin/sh > killall ld-linux.so.2 > killall gpsd > mknod /tmp/nmeaNP p > gpsd -n /tmp/nmeaNP > cd /home/root/gllin > lib/ld-linux.so.2 > --library-path /home/root/gllin/lib:/home/root/gllin/usr/lib \ > /home/root/gllin/gllin.real -low 5 2>&1 > /dev/null > lib/ld-linux.so.2 > --library-path /home/root/gllin/lib:/home/root/gllin/usr/lib \ > /home/root/gllin/gllin.real -periodic 1 & > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can check gpsd by connecting to the port 2947 and then typing "r", > which should look similar to this: > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ nc localhost 2947 > r > GPSD,R=1 > $GPGGA,091823.00,4441.889619,N,00817.008749,E,1,04,3.0,066.0,M,0.313003,M, > 0.0190515,*49 > $GPRMC,091823.00,A,4441.889619,N,00817.008749,E,000.0,150.0,040208,,,A*53 > $GPGSV,3,1,11,16,75,244,24,21,50,054,21,18,43,106,34,06,29,094,21*73 > $GPGSV,3,2,11,03,45,295,,07,28,095,,22,28,156,,19,17,283,*7A > $GPGSV,3,3,11,24,11,050,,25,11,317,,29,07,094,*49 > $GPGSA,A,3,06,16,18,21,,,,,,,,,6.7,3.0,6.0*3D > . > . > . > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > When this all works, you can start tangogps. Make sure your Neo is > connected to the internet so that it can download maps. > > > > You can find a precompiled ipkg, more info and a video on > http://www.tangogps.org/ > > > Enjoy & let me know if it is useful for you! > > Marcus > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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