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Re: [gpsd-dev] gpsd - AT command control on modems
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Greg Troxel |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] gpsd - AT command control on modems |
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Fri, 05 Jul 2019 20:40:06 -0400 |
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"Gary E. Miller" <address@hidden> writes:
>> but as most existing applications seem to use gpsd
>> (except I think anything geoclue based, as that only supports
>> modemmanager) I would like to get gpsd working properly for this.
>
> geoclue is also new to me.
>
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/wikis/home
>
> Ah, d-bus based. Is that what gpsd already uses?
My fuzzy understanding is thet geoclue is a higher-level service, and
that gpsd's dbus support is about reporting gps fixes. geoclue aims to
fuse multiple sources, one of which might be gpsd. I tried to deal
with it years ago, and gave up - I don't quite remember why.