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Questions tagged [gps]

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based navigation system that provides location and time information to receivers on the surface of the earth. This tag should be used for questions how to connect and interface to GPS receivers or modules.

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Google Flat Earth needed for RPi

The idea was to plot ship's position on a chart pinned to Google Earth using .kml files (many hours spent setting these up). This works fine on my laptop. A GPS dongle sends the ship's position to GE and shows the track like a sewing machine stitch.…
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Getting NMEA unknown msg*58 and other garbage from my NEO-6M-0-001 GPS module

I have tried to complete this project from Raspberry Pi GPS Module Interfacing Tutorial, where I used a NEO-6M GPS module in my Raspberry pi 3 B+. After setting up everything, when I write sudo cat /dev/ttyAMA0 in a terminal to test the device…
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gpxlogger not reading any data unless cgps runs

I have the GPS daemon running as user gpsd: /usr/sbin/gpsd -N /dev/ttyUSB0 /dev/ttyUSB0 I have gpxlogger running as root: gpxlogger -d -f /data/%Y%m%d-%H%M%S.gpx Initially, all what gpxlogger writes is the gpx preamble, but no actual…
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cgps : GPS timeout

I use neo 6 ublox 6 GPS module. I choose to connect the GPS to the raspberry using a USB port. I followed these steps: pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo cat /dev/ttyUSB0 …
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Adafruit Ultimate GPS connection not working

New to PI!! From a new fresh load of OS: I followed the instructions to connect the GPS HAT to a Pi and run the basic test from: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ultimate-gps-hat-for-raspberry-pi/basic-test Then tried to set up gpsd…
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GPSD showing fix with GPS unplugged

I have GPSD installed and am using the c library libgps. It works okay, but I've noticed what look like bugs. Specifically if I run the simple program below with the GPS plugged in the program prints GPS data like expected, but if while runnign I…
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GroveGPS to raspberry pi

My raspberry pi is Raspberry Pi Rev 2 Model B 512MB made in UK. Use GrovrPi not grovepi+. I try to use them with Grove – GPS. And I run the program which copy form…
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Install GPS Receiver - GP-735

What I am trying to accomplish I am trying to attach this specific GPS module to my raspberry since I really like the size. https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13670 And it was suggested in the following post. How do I attach a GPS receiver? I…
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GPSD Data Receiving Issues

I've been struggling for awhile to setup GPS on my Raspberry Pi. I have a Hemisphere Vector H102 connected through a serial connection via USB through an adapter. I've followed this guide which seems straight-forward and fool proof. The issue, in…
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Raspberry pi as a tmc server

I have a 2011 BMW 520D, and it has a very large display for media and sat nav. The car supports showing traffic information via TMC (Traffic message channel), but not in Ireland. When I visit Northern Ireland, it does pick up the TMC station and…
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GNSS module Allystar TAU1302 has fix but does not output PPS

I have a microcontroller board Datagnss Tiny EVK with an integrated chip TAU1302 (Allystar). I can get a fix with expensive Tallysman antennas in a rural area, with over 30 satellites and SNRs exceeding 40. I can see L1 , L2C, and L5 bands , at…
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How to use different baud rates with gpsd?

Docs for gpsd state that it autodetects baud rate of the gps module, but on my system it does not. On my Pi4B with Adafruit Ultimate Breakout wired to UART5, gpsd can only connect to the GPS at 9600. Matching port speed (using stty) and GPS speed…
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cgps: GPS timeout error with BU-353 USB GPS Receiver

I have bought myself a BU-353 USB GPS Receiver and trying to use it with the Pi, I have followed this tutorial to set it up, This is how we were able to install and run the GlobalSat BU-353 GPS module on our Raspberry Pi From the command prompt,…
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Will eBay USB GPS Antenna work with Raspberry Pi?

Do you reckon this eBay USB GPS Antenna (https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F143312562035) will work with a Raspberry Pi and if so will I be to use this tutorial to utilise it:…
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Probably GPSD commands not on $PATH. How to put cgps or xgps on $PATH?

I installed gpsd, get data stream via SSH, but cgps or xgps commands do nothing. How to ensure GPSD is properly installed and commands are on $PATH?
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