[Qgis-user] qgis and gps in real-time

[Gerry Creager]

Might be worth looking at gpsd for an onboard daemon process that can 
talk to varous GPS receivers and put the data into a stream.

Chris H wrote:
> On Thursday 06 March 2008 08:25:56 am victor javier morales wrote:
> 
>>> I would to like to know if qgis is someway able to show in real-time
>>> on a map the position of a veicle having a GPS on board.
>>> If not, is possible to crate a pyton plugin able to do this?
> 
> It depends on what you are asking. 
> 
> If a locational map in-vehicle connected to a gps is required there is 
> gpsdrive which works quite well. If the requirement is to track moving 
> vehicles ie: a fleet of trucks for example, that is vehicle location then 
> this is dependant on hardware as identified by Victor. 
> 

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