[Qgis-user] 1. Android GPS streaming to QGis (Zoltan Szecsei) - Solution

[Zoltan Szecsei]

Hi All,
Thanks (especially Sebastien) for all the responses.

I will try the solution below (read: bottom upwards) when I steal my 
laptop back from my wife.

Kind regards,
Zoltan


On 2013/09/05 12:15, Sébastien Debuisson wrote:
> It's very easy
> You use this android software on your smarphone.
> Connect yur PC and Smarphone with a bluetooth connection. (serial port).
> Your bluetooth connection on your PC emulate a serial port.
> Open Qgis, right click on the menubar and select GPS information
> connect GPS/QGIS with the right port com or select autodetect.
>
> We use often Qgis with a continuously stream (bluetooth or serial port) with no problem.
>
> best regards
>
> Sébastien Debuissn
>
>
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> Hi Zoltan
>
> you can use GPS 2 bluetooth
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cajax.gps2bt2&hl=fr
>
> Sebastien Debuisson
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> 2013/9/4 Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za>
>
>> Hi Guys,
>> Does anyone know of an app whereby I can link my Android phone to a laptop
>> running QGis, and have QGis read the GPS coords in realtime, and track the
>> position on a displayed image?
>>
>> Rather like a normal "car GPS", but using the GPS in my Android phone, and
>> tracking my position on my vectors and images that are being displayed in
>> QGis.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Zoltan
>>
>>
>>