If the api supported GPS on laptops, a whole new world of possibilities would open up. I think the getCurrentPosition() method should automatically try NMEA GPS (and possibly other common GPS apis -- but definitely NMEA) streams first then fall back to less accurate sources.
I've got an aviation navigation log tool in mind that would take advantage of this. I'm dying to write it. Please, please, Google! On Feb 23, 1:14 pm, Pasi Miettinen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Is anyone aware of a patch for Gears to get a location from an external GPS( > USB/COM port) while running Windows XP? I am not aware of any Gears methods > to read the NMEA stream from a GPS under Windows. I am hoping someone has > already written such code. There is a growing pool of users who use XP-based > Netbooks, UMPCs, ultramobiles, etc. who currently can't use Gears due to the > lack of GPS integration. (WiFi and Cell triangulation is not accurate > enough). > > I have heard of a suggestion to write a piece of code to bridge the GPS and > Gears by using the *gearsLocationProviderUrls *method but I have not heard > anyone actually implementing it. (The bridge code would presumably read the > NMEA stream from a GPS and make it available as a URL to be read by the > gearsLocationProvideUrls.) Alternatively, others have suggested that the GPS > NMEA stream could be written into the Gears database and Gears could then > read the database. > > I have not seen anyone actually posting any patches or work-arounds to the > GPS-XP-Gears integration so I am hoping someone in this group would have a > solution to this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Best regards, > PM
