[Qgis-user] Android GPS streaming to QGis

[Wesley Roberts]

Thanks Giovanni and Zoltan,

We make use of Android devices for work in Zambia and have been
"navigating" using an app called BackCountry Navigator. These options may
provide a nice alternative.

Regards,
Wesley


On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 9:26 AM, G. Allegri <giohappy at gmail.com> wrote:

> You need to bridge your Android device and something that emulate a serial
> port device for your laptop.
> I don't have experience with them, neither I know if open source solutions
> are available, but there are various solutions on the market, many of them
> using Bluetooth as the transmission mean between Android and the PC.
>
> Recently I heard about BlueNMEA and GPSDirect (this one for Windows and
> free only for non-commercial use).
>
> giovanni
>
>
>
> 2013/9/4 Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za>
>
>> Hi Guys,
>> Does anyone know of an app whereby I can link my Android phone to a
>> laptop running QGis, and have QGis read the GPS coords in realtime, and
>> track the position on a displayed image?
>>
>> Rather like a normal "car GPS", but using the GPS in my Android phone,
>> and tracking my position on my vectors and images that are being displayed
>> in QGis.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Zoltan
>>
>>
>>
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