[Marble-devel] Interfacing a NMEA compliant GPS device withMarble

[Konrad Enzensberger]

Hi,

as dennis said,  for Linux chances are good,
but for windows marble does not come with gps plugin.
I have developed such plugin, but for some reasons
this plugin is currently not opensource (hopefully can be changed soon).

But if all you need is OSM/GPS you can use our opensource tool
called WlanMap (based on marblewidget), download:
www.wlanmap.info

Soon i will create our GpsPlugin compiled against original marblewidget 
version,
so this plugin could be used in standard marble installations,

br, konrad


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Nienhüser" <earthwings at gentoo.org>
To: <marble-devel at kde.org>
Cc: <muirisdebuitleir at eircom.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Marble-devel] Interfacing a NMEA compliant GPS device 
withMarble


> Hi Muiris,
>
> which operating system are you using? For Linux chances are good that gpsd 
> supports that device. Assuming your distribution compiled Marble with gpsd 
> support (or you have libgps-dev installed when compiling yourself), all 
> you have to do is setting gpsd as position source in the Location panel in 
> Marble then.
>
> Regards,
> Dennis
>
> Am 03.11.2013 16:57, schrieb Muiris de Buitleir:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Marble is my all-time favourite application for accessing OSM. I want
>> a simple add-on but I've searched everywhere and can't seem to find a
>> solution.
>>
>> I have a GlobalSat BU-353 GPS device which is NMEA compliant. I use it
>> with OpenCPN navigational charting for sailing. Simply plug the device
>> into a USB port. Configure the OpenCPN software to tell it which comms
>> port to expect the GPS location from and bingo! there's a symbol
>> showing your current location overlaid on the chart.
>>
>> I want to do exactly the same thing with Marble. Activate a means by
>> which the GPS location generated by the NMEA USB connected device will
>> display that location against the Marble/OSM background. Marble seem
>> to have GPS functionality but I don't seem to be able to access it.
>> Can you help?
>>
>> Muiris de Buitleir
>>
>>
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