[Qgis-user] Live Mapping with QGIS on Toughbook

[Randal Hale]

Unfortunately I don't have one to test (but someone I can call)

Two things to check:

1. Right Click in your QGIS toolbar area and activate your GPS 
information panel. See if you're connecting to the GPS. Autodetect 
should tell you something.

2. I've used the GPS Gate Splitter Software [1] on Windows 7/10 to 
connect QGIS to an External GPS. Haven't had the joy to do 
Bluetooth/internal GPS's but I'd expect Gate Splitter to at least get 
you connected on an internal....... Although I've heard Windows 10 has 
something similiar "in the guts" to make that work (no hardware to test 
that on). Once you install Gate Splitter QGIS should autodetect the GPS.

Good Luck - and I think this will work but as I type this I'm starting 
to think this might be slightly out of date thinking.

Randy

[1] https://gpsgate.com/products/gpsgate_client

On 8/31/20 2:28 AM, Daniel Greene wrote:
> Nicolas, the Toughbook definitely has a GPS as i can test the 
> connection using the GPS software - and i have tried it in various 
> places.
>
> John, i have copied the project and files on to the desktop with the 
> same results. i have also tried it without any data to see if it can 
> pick my position up whilst using only a basemap but still no luck.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:40 PM Willey, John 
> <Willey_John at co.sandusky.oh.us <mailto:Willey_John at co.sandusky.oh.us>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Some more information might be needed. Is it possible your QGIS
>     data resides in a server and not on your local machine? Perhaps
>     the Toughbook knows where it is, but can't display the underlying
>     map layers because it can't connect to the server? That would also
>     explain why it works when you are in wifi service.
>
>     John
>
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>     *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] Live Mapping with QGIS on Toughbook
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>     Daniel Green from Québec?
>
>     I would start by testing in a wide open field. Is the problem with
>     the GPS in the laptop or with the connection with QGIS?  If it’s
>     the later, explain what you are doing and what versions of QGIS
>     using.  If you only get a position with the wifi, maybe you don’t
>     have an actual GPS chip. Look at the computer specs.  Some
>     tablettes (iPods also) and rare phone only use wifi for
>     positioning and do not use an actual GPS chip.  Make sure you are
>     not in airplane mode with antenna’s turned off.
>
>     Nicolas Cadieux
>     Ça va bien aller!
>
>>     Le 28 août 2020 à 03:49, Daniel Greene
>>     <dannyjamesgreene at gmail.com <mailto:dannyjamesgreene at gmail.com>>
>>     a écrit :
>>
>>     
>>
>>     I have been trying to use QGIS for live mapping on my Panasonic
>>     Toughbook Cf19 MK7 but I cannot get the GPS to connect when in
>>     the field. The software on the Toughbook shows it is picking up
>>     satellites so I am confident it isn’t the hardware. When I try to
>>     connect it occasionally picks up my location if I have wi-fi but
>>     without it never does.
>>
>>
>>     Any ideas what might be going wrong?
>>
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