Re: Fw: gpsd | Proposal: Usage of official GNSSids in cgps.c (#199)

[Chas Douglass]

Sounds like it breaks current code?

If so, I'd only be in favor of it if it is a new option, not enabled by
default.

That said, it's not something I use, so it wouldn't actually break any
of my code.

Chas Douglass

On Sat, 2022-05-07 at 09:51 -0700, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> Yo All!
> 
> A proposal to change the character code that cgps, xgps, etc, yse.
> 
> See below.
> 
> ANy thoughts?
> 
> RGDS
> GARY
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> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 04:38:50 +0000
> From: Jürgen Fredriksson (@juergen.fredriksson)
> <gitlab@mg.gitlab.com>
> To: gem@rellim.com
> Subject: gpsd | Proposal: Usage of official GNSSids in cgps.c (#199)
> 
> 
> Jürgen Fredriksson created an issue:
> https://gitlab.com/gpsd/gpsd/-/issues/199
> 
> 
> 
> cgps has its own codes for the different GNSSs. I think it would be
> nice if GPSd/cgps would use the same abbreviations as in other
> software
> packages (Trimble TPP, U-Center, rtklib, etc.)
> 
> The following tables shows the different systems and currently used
> short char ids. Is it possible to switch to either 3-char ids or if
> that is too long, using the 1-char codes for the GNSSs.
> 
> > Name    | 3-char | GPSd 2-char | 1-char
> > GPS     | GPS | GP | G
> > GLONASS | GLO | GL | R
> > GALILEO | GAL | GA | E
> > BeiDou  | BDS | BD | C
> > QZSS    | QZS | QZ | J
> > SBAS    | SBS | SB | S
> > IRNSS   | IRN | IR | I
> > IMES    |     | IM |
> 
> 
> 
> 
> RGDS
> GARY
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97703
>         gem@rellim.com  Tel:+1 541 382 8588
> 
>             Veritas liberabit vos. -- Quid est veritas?
>     "If you can't measure it, you can't improve it." - Lord Kelvin