GpsdClient

A simple GPSd client intended for use on the Raspberry Pi.

Actually only implements new(options = {}), start(), stop(), and get_position() which are just a few but very simple methods. (See Usage)

  • Next days will fix some non fatal bugs. (like actually closing the socket on stop())
  • Next version will implement fix_status(), time(), speed() and altitude().
  • Next Next will clean-up the code.
  • The Next after the Next-Next will add some documentation.

Stay Tuned!

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'gpsd_client'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install gpsd_client

Usage

# you can specify the host and port for remotes machines or different ports
# ...or not. (defaults to "localhost", 2947)

# gpsd = GpsdClient::Gpsd.new({:host => "nameofthehost", :port => 2947})
gpsd = GpsdClient::Gpsd.new()
gpsd.start()

if gpsd.started?
  pos = gpsd.get_position
  # => {:lat => xx, :lon => xx}
end

# To stop polling the daemon
gpsd.stop()
# Actually Gpsd.stop() doesn't close the connection socket (to be fixed)

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release to create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

  1. Fork it ( https://github.com/rccursach/gpsd_client/fork )
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create a new Pull Request