[Xastir] USB gps Receiver reccomended

[Skyler F]

So if I get that particular USB GPS and it does not work on Macintosh, will
it work on Ubuntu if I install a partition on my computer?

On Friday, May 8, 2015, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 08, 2015 at 03:35:20PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron
> collision of the <electricity440 at gmail.com <javascript:;>> flavor,
> containing:
> > Running xastir on my macbook on mountain lion, what USB gps recevier will
> > work?
> >
> > Will this one work?
> >
> >
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000PKX2KA/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p422_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0VM3811R2A427M91KB0W&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop
> >
> > Is it plug in and play, or do I need to set up code for it. Are USB gps's
> > and compatible with xastir
>
> Xastir can't talk directly to USB gps units unless they provide virtual
> serial port in some manner (some do, as do some bluetooth GPS units) ---
> and I
> can't speak to which units will do tha on OS X.  However Xastir *can*
> connect
> to a "gpsd" daemon, and gpsd is generally able to grok USB gps units of all
> sorts.
>
> It works great on Linux machines but one of our Mac users on the group will
> have to help you with getting gpsd set up on your machine.  On Linux it is
> often as simple as telling a package manager to install gpsd, then plugging
> in the gps -- gpsd gets started automagically, and then you just tell
> Xastir
> to connect to it (by creating a "networked gpsd" interface and starting it
> up).  I have no idea if gpsd even runs on OS X, but it probably does.
>
> --
> Tom Russo    KM5VY   SAR502   DM64ux          http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
> Tijeras, NM  QRPL#1592 K2#398  SOC#236
> http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM
>  echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z]
> [n-z][a-m]
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Xastir mailing list
> Xastir at lists.xastir.org <javascript:;>
> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
>


-- 
Skyler Fennell
amsatnet.info
KDØWHB
electricity440 at gmail.com