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All,<br>
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A few years ago we worked on a project that collected the data with
Hardware libs that translated to a database storage schema. The
database was then queried for any of the GPS devices.<br>
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This setup was nice since the different hardware items each had their
own Data comm LIB for dissecting the GPS data and converting it too a
common data type in the database. Once in the database, the output
options are endless. We had all hardware in the project IP based, so
we could query in realtime, with about a 7-10 second time lag for the
tracking. Also with the database approach, we had a history of all GPS
tracks to work from.<br>
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As far as integration into other projects, it was very easy, since
anyone that could access a database could use the tool. I would
really like to get it fleshed out further.<br>
<br>
I've been wanting to get back to it, just haven't had a GPS project to
leverage the work against. Just sounding off on it.<br>
<br>
bobb<br>
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pmarc wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">2006/2/15, Philip Mark Donaghy <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:philip.donaghy@gmail.com"><philip.donaghy@gmail.com></a>:
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<pre wrap="">I have a common GPS that can collect data at 10ft accuracy. I would
like to build a library/tool that can extract the data from it and
store it directly in the file format of my choice regardless of the
GPS brand.
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Hi Phil,
perhaps you aren't aware of gpsd [1], gpsbabel, gpx2shp, gpstrans, et al.
Maybe you could just wrap those utilities together, as the bulk of the
work seems already done.
[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://gpsd.berlios.de">http://gpsd.berlios.de</a>
sorry, but I have no url for the remainder.
good luck.
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