Hi, (on top of what Dave mentioned) This is aside from your question but I thought I'd mention just in case: If you want to try if the meego backend on your desktop, it should be possible provided you have the needed development libraries (gconf, geoclue, gypsy). You need to configure qtmobility with '-meego' option ./configure -modules "location" -meego and then build. Running configure/qmake will tell whether the needed devel libraries were found.
Juha > -----Original Message----- > From: qt-mobility-feedback-bounces+juha.vuolle=nokia....@qt.nokia.com > [mailto:qt-mobility-feedback- > bounces+juha.vuolle=nokia....@qt.nokia.com] On Behalf Of Laing David > (Nokia-MP/Brisbane) > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 2:38 PM > To: qt-mobility-feedback@qt.nokia.com > Subject: Re: [Qt-mobility-feedback] Location API: GeoClue > > Hi, > > That's only for MeeGo. We don't have any support for GPS on desktop > platforms aside from QNmeaPositionInfoSource. > > From an earlier mail thread on this topic: > > If there was a standard one-size-fits-all-approach for a particular > > desktop platform then we'd probably have either considered it or at > > least asked the community if anyone wanted it badly enough to > > contribute a backend. QNmeaPositionInfoSource is provided for those > > circumstances. > > It's possible that GeoClue might be that solution for Linux. > > We don't have the resources to make it happen. When open governance > goes live it should be pretty easy to contribute a GeoClue backend, as long as > a good argument can be made that GeoClue is _the_ one size fits all solution > for Linux. > > The potential contributor also has to be willing to maintain it and also deal > with the differences between GeoClue versions and installation options from > the time of the contributions and onwards. > > On the other hand, as of Qt Mobility 1.2.0 we support positioning plugins, so > you could do something similar to what Till Harbaum did with GPSD here but > for GeoClue: > > http://lists.qt.nokia.com/pipermail/qt-mobility-feedback/2011- > April/001008.html > > If it was just for your own use a subclass of QGeoPositionInfoSource would > be fine, whereas with the plugin it could be made to work transparently for > existing apps with use the Qt Location API. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > On 06/07/2011 06:25 AM, ext Preet wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I read that the Location API abstracts the GeoClue library for > > positioning, and defaults to using Gypsy for the device driver... is > > this only for the Meego platform? Shouldn't desktop also use this sort > > of implementation (not sure if it already does). I'd like to use gpsd > > on Linux with the Location API out of the box; this would be possible > > if GeoClue was used for the desktop variant as well, since GeoClue > > supports gpsd as well as Gypsy on the desktop. Sorry if I'm > > overlooking the obvious, it's hard to find information on this. > > > > > > Kf > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Qt-mobility- > feedback > > mailing list Qt-mobility-feedback@qt.nokia.com > > http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-mobility-feedback > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-mobility-feedback mailing list > Qt-mobility-feedback@qt.nokia.com > http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-mobility-feedback _______________________________________________ Qt-mobility-feedback mailing list Qt-mobility-feedback@qt.nokia.com http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-mobility-feedback
