This readme is for TransGPSd version 0.1, released on April 3rd, 2003

Notes:

To run TransGPSd you need a source of NMEA data. It takes this source of

data over STDIN. I did this so it'd be a little more flexible than GPSd.

If you don't have a GPS you can feed it raw NMEA by hand, cat it from a

text file, or have a friend SHELLcast their GPS to you.

How to run TransGPSd (just one of the many ways):

cat NMEA_SOURCE | perl TransGPSd.pl

How to get something useful out of it:

Well, for that you need a SOAP application that can understand TransGPSd

talk. So far I have the following:

- A tracklogger (logs positions to a MySQL database)

- A GPS voice recorder (logs positions with a voice note and stores a

reference to it in a MySQL database)

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Applications on the horizon include:

- A satellite viewer (shows satellite status and position in real-time)

- A moving map (shows position at least relative to previous positions,

it'll also be easy to superimpose it on a MapQuest map)

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If none of these are on SourceForge when you read this, don't fret,

they'll be there soon.