[Qgis-user] GPS active tracking plugin in qGIS

[Craig Leat]

Hi Mike

Mike wrote:
> I am wondering if anyone has developed a plugin to allow for live
> tracking? - i.e. Have a GPS connected (either via USB or Bluetooth) and
> let you track whilst having the software open with various layers?  This
> would be very handy for real time positioning of monitoring / research
> plots and ground truthing survey points whilst out in the field.

This has come up before and so you could explore the following links:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.qgis.user/1784/focus=1807
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.qgis.user/1258/focus=1259

There's also a related blog by one of the QGIS devs:
http://blog.qgis.org/node/73

and of course:
http://www.gpsdrive.de/

Cheers,

Craig