[nflug] gps

[Cyber Source]

I was hoping to do this WITHOUT getting a gps handset. What is the point 
of using the software (from the repos) if you have a handset? Forgive my 
ignorance, I have not looked into this stuff at all, this was my first step.

D. Joe wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:27:32AM -0400, Cyber Source wrote:
>   
>> Anyone play with gps stuff in Linux? I am taking a trip to England and 
>> Sweden next month and would like to bring my laptop to use with gps. I 
>> see tons of stuff in the Ubuntu repos for it but before I just start 
>> installing and trying things, I thought I would ask our learned email 
>> list. Can anyone point me in some direction or share their experiences 
>> with Linux and gps?
>>     
>
> I've used a Garmin GPS handset to feed an NMEA stream to gpsd
> running on a laptop, and then have pointed kismet to gpsd to
> give spatial information while wardriving. 
>
> Pretty simple stuff, but I think it counts as proof-of-concept.
>
> The gps handset was a moderately high-end one in its day, but
> most of the features of it are wasted in this sort of use.  I
> notice there are several options now for fairly featureless
> little gps devices, <<$100, that just pump out location
> information via USB or Bluetooth.  Just a few status LEDs, no
> display or keypad or anything.
>
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