On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 6:36 PM Michael Barnes <barnmich...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:51 AM Bill Barry <waba...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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 > > > Incorrect assumption. Ultimately, if this proves to be viable, it would be > incorporated into a deployment package where multiple operating positions > would be deployed to a site. There would be multiple computers that would > have various applications running that need to have accurate position > information. Right now, those applications are looking for serial GPS > connections. Somewhat related to this is a marine application for boats that > have a central GPS device that would feed several devices needing location > data. Having a separate GPS receiver for each piece of equipment is > impractical. > > Michael >
gpsd might be what you are looking for, but it also should be possible to use socat to share the serial port. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22624653/create-a-virtual-serial-port-connection-over-tcp/22689163 Bill
