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Re: [ gpsdrive ] Automatic Position Reporting System: msg#00059

Subject: Re: [ gpsdrive ] Automatic Position Reporting System
>I recently had an article in Linux Journal about GpsDrive. William
>StormBringer Smith has a Letter to the Editor in the July 2005 issue
>suggesting integrating GpsDrive with the Automatic Position Reporting
>System. I did some checking on the net, and found out some information
>about APRS.
>
>1) Integration should be feasible. To export data, a telnet client
>   could monitor gpsd, massage the data into APRS format and ship
>   it. To go the other way, an APRS to friendsd gateway shouldn't be
>   too hard.

I think a local APRS / friends deamon is the best aproach.

>
>2) APRS as a map source. I haven't investigated how to do this, but
>   the data at http://aprsworld.net should be available with the right
>   queries. Another map download plugin for GpsDrive?
>
>3) As far as I know, there is no APRS clients available for
>   Linux. GpsDrive?
>

There is a nice APRS client for Linux - Xastir 





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