On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 1:48 AM Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote:
> Your computers will, of course, be in different locations, but I > concur on gpsd as probably the right tools for what you describe. > > On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 10:06 PM Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I know about time (ntp) servers I can hook a GPS to a computer and > > broadcast time to the other computers in my local network. > > > > Is it possible to do this with location information? I have various > > programs which can take data from a GPS dongle and use it in the program > > for different purposes. With a number of computers in my office, I would > > like to somehow hook only one to a GPS and share the location data > > throughout the network. Otherwise, I have to get multiple GPS receivers > and > > hook one to each computer. > > > > Is this doable? > > > > Thanks, > > Michael > > Assuming the computers are not moving you could just use the gps to determine their position one time and record it in some file on that computer. Bill
