Re: gps and linux?
Matt Price wrote in Article
<[🔎] f22f52180706011152v330f208fg48f8323e5da80934@mail.gmail.com> posted to
gmane.linux.debian.user:
> i'm about to take off on a long road trip through the us and am
> planning the technological elements. I'm looking for advice on
> purchasing a gps unit. If possible, i'd love to get something that
> ran Free software, or was at least intercompatible with my debian &
> ubuntu based machines. we will probably have a laptop hooked up for
> watching video/playing music, and could either run a gps card off of
> that laptop or have a standalone unit, whichever seems to be a better
> idea. the set up has to be usable not just by me but by my nongeek
> family members. has anyone done this/have a suggestion?
AFAICT, almost all, if not all, USB-based GPS devices use the industry
standard NMEA spec. This means your GPS will actually appear as a serial
port. Treat it like a read-only serial modem and you'll be off to a good
start. 4800 bps, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.
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