[Qgis-user] Re: detailed how to for GPS Live Tracking Tool

[maning sambale]

Reading further down tim's blog comments, the tracking tool work only
with serial or usb-serial converter.   Is it possible then to use the
piped gpsbabel nmea output to GPS Live Tracking Tool?

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:09 PM, maning sambale
<emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying out the GPS Live Tracking Tool, so far the detailed
> information I found are in the manual and
> http://linfiniti.com/2010/01/gps-tracker-tool-in-qgis-trunk/
>
> I plugged the etrex venture hc via USB and running gpsbabel, it seems
> to output nmea strings.
>
> gpsbabel -T -i garmin -f usb: -o nmea -F -
>
> $GPRMC,075417.000,A,1438.161,N,12104.699,E,1.94,124.11,200111,,*03
> $GPGGA,075417.000,1438.161,N,12104.699,E,1,00,0.0,81.973,M,0.0,M,,*50
> $GPVTG,124.110,T,0,M,1.944,N,3.600,K*5A
> $GPGSA,A,3,,,,,,,,,,,,,0.0,0.0,0.0*32
>
>
> However, I'm having difficulties connecting to gpsd and qgis' gps live
> tracking tool.
>
> Specs:
> gps: etrex venture hc connected via USB
> ubuntu 10.04
> qgis 1.6
>
>
> --
> cheers,
> maning
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cheers,
maning
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