Re: [gpsd-users] Simple client for delivering of gpsd data needed

[Tim Rogers]

Hi,

I would suggest the easiest way to do this would be to install openwrt
on the pi and gpsd works perfectly this way. i have done this with many
devices and it is very reliable,

Regards Tim

On Sun, 2015-08-09 at 10:51 +0200, Forum wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> i want to use the data of gpsd in Perl on an Rasberry Pi.
> The problem is that none of the CPAN modules for it is working.
> Some are not installable because the dependencies can not be completed and 
> others can be started, but data is only
> delivered in minutes and not in real time.
> 
> I would be glad if i could fetch the data simply over an client like cgps by 
> calling it and fetching the output.
> But cgps can only deliver data to an terminal window in a loop!
> 
> It would be possible for me to modify the cgps.c source, but it seems not so 
> simple to get it compiled on an Raspi.
> There are many dependencies and this special scons, so that i can't not 
> compile the client alone.
> 
> Is there any simple client out there that works and can deliver data as 
> simple text output?
> Or a simple method to compile cpgs.c alone?
> 
> Otherwise it is less effort to write an on interpretation of the NMEA output 
> for myself in Perl.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Karsten
>