One very direct way is to find some software to sniff the com port where the GPS receiver is. I'm a Linux guy, so I can't help you on that one.
Bob - AE6RV >________________________________ > From: Jim Lux <jim...@earthlink.net> >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> >Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 7:35 PM >Subject: [time-nuts] GPS-18, Windows, NTP & Lat Lon > > >I'm looking for an easy way to get current lat lon, when you've got a GPS-18 >hooked up for NTP. That is, the GPS receiver is there doing it's NTP thing, >so presumably it knows where it is. > > >If NTP is decoding the GPRMC message, it has the lat/lon in it, so how can I >get that info out (in a command line utility, into a file, or some such) > >I don't need millisecond time accuracy.. For now the GPS is just to make sure >that the time is "right". > > >The GPGGA sentence would also do. > >And, I only need the GPS position once within a 30 second interval (it's not >moving, I just want to know where it is). > >It's not like ntpd or ntpq have some handy switch that says "display current >lat/lon" (which makes sense, because NTP is fundamentally time source >agnostic). > >All of this with Windows 7. > >Jim >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.