Re: [PLUG] Location Server?

2022-02-03 Thread Bill Barry
On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 6:36 PM Michael Barnes wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:51 AM Bill Barry wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 1:48 AM Russell Senior >> wrote: >> >> > Your computers will, of course, be in different locations, but I >> > concur on gpsd as probably the right tools for

Re: [PLUG] Location Server?

2022-02-03 Thread Michael Barnes
On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 7:51 AM Bill Barry wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 1:48 AM Russell Senior > 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

Re: [PLUG] Location Server?

2022-02-03 Thread Bill Barry
On Thu, Feb 3, 2022, 1:48 AM Russell Senior 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 > wrote: > > > > I know about time (ntp) servers I can

Re: [PLUG] Location Server?

2022-02-02 Thread Russell Senior
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 wrote: > > I know about time (ntp) servers I can hook a GPS to a computer and > broadcast time to the other computers

Re: [PLUG] Location Server?

2022-02-02 Thread Paul Mullen
On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 10:06:12PM -0800, Michael Barnes wrote: > 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. That

[PLUG] Location Server?

2022-02-02 Thread Michael Barnes
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