[Qgis-user] Live Mapping with QGIS on Toughbook

[Daniel Greene]

Randal, i think you've just cracked it for me! gpsgate seems to have got
the gps talking to qgis. many thanks for the help, people.

On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:18 PM Randal Hale <rjhale at northrivergeographic.com>
wrote:

> 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 think this might be slightly out of date thinking.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> 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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>> 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> 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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