Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:28:15 +0100 From: Andreas Wetzel <mickey242@gmx.net> To: Matthias Apitz <matthias.apitz@oclc.org> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: tangoGPS && FreeBSD 7.0 Message-ID: <490872FF.8020001@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <20081029092516.GA3095@rebelion.Sisis.de> References: <20081029092516.GA3095@rebelion.Sisis.de>
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Hi Matthias Apitz wrote: > Is anybody aware of a port of tangoGPS http://www.tangogps.org/gps/cat/About > to FreeBSD 7.0? It runs it in my Linux based cellphone Openmoko > FreeRunner and it would be nice to have it as well in my eeePC (just for > having better capacity for cached maps of OpenStreetMap and a bigger > display). What kind of USB based GPS devices could be used in this > eeePC with FreeBSD 7.0? I think every GPS receiver that outputs messages in generic NMEA 0183 format should do. A small problem could be the serial to USB converter chipset used in the device, as most manufacturers do not mention the chip type anywhere in their specs. I have successfully been using a GPS-M Pro USB receiver with MTK chipset with navit (http://www.navit-project.org/) and gpsd (astro/gpsd). In order to get it to work, i had to get the uslcom driver from 7-stable though, which is not contained in 7.0-RELEASE. Maybe you want to take a look at gpsd (http://gpsd.berlios.de/), which supports a wide variety of GPS devices and provides the data to gpsd aware applications. Kind regards -- Keep it icy man. I don't want to end up a corpse before my time because you were daydreaming.
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