[Qgis-developer] Accessing GPS data on Windows 8/10

[Tariq Al-Sadoon]

Hi,




I'm trying to access the GPS data in QGIS on Windows tablets/laptops, but it's a known issue that since Windows 8 the GPS data is no longer sent to a COM port but is bundled in the Windows Location Provider. Now it seems that the only possibility to get the GPS running with QGIS is to use a third-party app like Centrafuse or GPSComplete, but is there a open source solution out there? And is a fix (having QGIS read the GPS data directly from the location provider in Windows) planned or in the works?


Sincerely,


-Tariq Al-Sadoon
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