GPSD

Warning

This sink is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Interamap is the recommended sink instead.

GPSD is a sink that parses geographic data from the ZMQ network (Source).

Usage

The GPSD sink runs with no arguments and outputs to stdout. The sink can be started with the following command:

python sinks/gpsd/main.py

The GPSD sink can be stopped by pressing Ctrl + C.

Format

GPSD Output Format

HEADER	TIMESTAMP	LATITUDE	LATITUDE_DIRECTION	LONGITUDE	LONGITUDE_DIRECTION	QUALITY	NUMBER_OF_SATELLITES	_	ALTITUDE	DALTITUDE	CHECKSUM
$GPGGA	183038.00	4757.9313	N	8152.4151	W	1	06	1.0	436.90 M	0 M	*74
$GPGGA	183038.00	8152.50	N	4757.19	W	1	06	1.0	378.28 M	0 M	*7e
$GPGGA	183039.00	8152.50	N	4757.19	W	6	16	1.0	378.28 M	0 M	*79

Known Issues and Limitations

1. TIMESTAMP is not the actual time the data was received; the package timestamp is delayed.

2. Unable to determine the data source board.

3. Direction is hardcoded to N and W.

4. There is no way to exit the gpsd sink gracefully.