[Qgis-user] Live Mapping with QGIS on Toughbook

[Greg Troxel]

Randal Hale <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com> writes:

> I guess that's the one area I am fuzzy on is How QGIS interacts with
> GPS's. It seems like it's looking for either a com or USB port. Which
> with lets say you have a Bluetooth I'm not sure what you would do (I
> have yet to do the Bluetooth -> laptop -> QGIS Dance because I don't
> hate my life enough currently). I've connected external GPS (USBs)
> alot using GPSgate and supposedly Windows 10 will let you do the same
> thing if you configure the settings.....I guess that depends on How
> the GPS is hooked into the Laptop.

Coming from Unix, I would expect qgis to talk to gpsd, which would
manage whatever kind of GNSS receiver you have.  There is no good reason
from a software organization viewpoint to replicate code dealing with
the various kinds of things in multiple programs that just need
position.   But, if it's just "connect to this address/port and expect
NMEA", it's not so bad.
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