I want to use my EVO 4G as the GPS receiver to my netbook.
I have a windows 7 netbook with bluetooth.
If I can have my netbook communicate with the netbook via bluetooth for GPS signal will be the best solution. If it has to be done via USB, I can live with that as well.
thanks.
Please let me know
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Am I the only one who wants to extend the GPS capabilities on the phone to be used with a netbook?
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I wonder if there is any way to out put the gps coordinates from the phone using logcat while using a gps monitor from the market , just a thought.
If we could have a monitoring program on the laptop selectively import the coordinates from the phone and send them to Microsoft street program on the pc. That would be pimp.
Im going to see what I can do when I get home from work here.
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nmea 183 protocol is the industry standard to communicate between a gps and a display/logger. .
http://www.kh-gps.de/nmea-faq.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NMEA_0183
seen instamapper? you can get data pretty quickly that way... of course its not quite the same as getting the data directly fed to the laptop... and this requires internet
lostinroot:) said:
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I wonder if there is any way to out put the gps coordinates from the phone using logcat while using a gps monitor from the market , just a thought.
If we could have a monitoring program on the laptop selectively import the coordinates from the phone and send them to Microsoft street program on the pc. That would be pimp.
Im going to see what I can do when I get home from work here.
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Thats the precise reason for wanting to "tether" my Evo as a GPS receiver.
If I can use the MS Street on my netbook by getting GPS coordinates from my phone, it will complete everything I ever wanted to do with a smart phone.
I just hope this post will get somewhere.
there is a beta app for this exact purpose in the market...
dmc971989 said:
there is a beta app for this exact purpose in the market...
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What is the name of the app?
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Wi-FI finder using gps application
Is there a gps prog that will show you your nearest wifi hotspot on the go?
touchmyhd said:
Wi-FI finder using gps application
Is there a gps prog that will show you your nearest wifi hotspot on the go?
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Not seen one. Interesting idea - I think you mean like a speed camera application add-on for one of the GPS applications ?
Never heard of one. Most of the wifi finding applications will record the GPS details for later mapping. I have WiFiFoFum for finding wifi nets but I don't bother with its GPS function.
You can do it with TomTom...
Searsh for POI wifi hotspot, it's working well
Wififofum2
go to
http://www.aspecto-software.com/rw/applications/wififofum/index.html
its an amazing program that will do exactly as you ask, and works fine with the HD and GPS location finding
to add the hotspots simply take the co ordiates from Wififofum and import them as POI for TT or whatever your program of choice is for sat nav
Obviously you need to visit the location to get the locations in a log/lat coordinate but once you have done it once you have it for life
I was watching the Gadget Show last night (TV show in UK) and they mentioned a WiFi hotspot finder for the iPhone. It was only a couple of £ and it made me think - I need something like that for my HD!
keroin said:
You can do it with TomTom...
Searsh for POI wifi hotspot, it's working well
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excellent added free wifi POI's from http://www.pocketgpsworld.com to my tomtom, now it tells me my nearest hotspot inc mcdonalds = YES! ,
I am thinking of signing upto
http://www.btopenzone.com/buy/per_minute.jsp
15 per min wifi and is used by many companys in uk, anyone used this?
Wefi ?
You could try wefi
http://www.wefi.com/
So I was playing around with this GPS tether app. But I didn't manage to get it to work..
I was able to start the app and the GPS started working and got coordinates and everything seamd fine on the phone. I could not however not get access to it from my computer. I Guess GPS Tether is actually just an gpsd. so I used telnet to port 2947. I Got connected but I did not get any data, all i got was an "GPSD" showing now and then..
I'm running MCR r6.
Anyone got this working?
My reasons for wanting this is the ability to use any GPS app on my computer and the phone acting as an GPS device(using TCP-COM). and not having to buy an GPS device. And it would be very cool!
I have now managed to get data with telnet.. but when using an NMEA gps program, it doesnt seam to work, like GPSCommunicator :/ (using TCP-COM)
http://www.panazzolo.com/
Well I took a trip today and decided to try out the gps. Google navigation uses the internet connection to find everything. What does this mean? You have to an internet connection when you start. After you get your directions you are good to go. I even tried putting in the address, no connection no directions.
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Well I took a trip today and decided to try out the gps. Google navigation uses the internet connection to find everything. What does this mean? You have to an internet connection when you start. After you get your directions you are good to go. I even tried putting in the address, no connection no directions.
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I tried today and my gps wouldn't connect...let it sit for 10 minutes even...disappointed.
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Were you outside with a clear view of the sky?
For those who do not have a data plan on their xoom, have you tried GPS navigation while tethered to their smartphone? Just curious how well this might work.
joeski27 said:
For those who do not have a data plan on their xoom, have you tried GPS navigation while tethered to their smartphone? Just curious how well this might work.
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Any data connection appears to work. Once you have the directions you should be good, but hope you don't need to change anything. I understand if you are trying to search for something using data, but i even put in the address and it still wouldn't work.
Have any of you tried the route caching? Say if you plan a route while still connected to your wifi, with gps lock and then take it to you car, does the route stay?
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Have any of you tried the route caching? Say if you plan a route while still connected to your wifi, with gps lock and then take it to you car, does the route stay?
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The route stays. You just can't change it or start a new one till you get into a wifi zone again (or tether from your phone).
guys, xoom uses A-GPS....Assisted GPS, assisted by the cellular towers to find your location. you need data.
GPS works fine with my device. Picks up my location immediately after opening Maps.
So with no bluetooth, anyone have any ideas on how to get GPS on our N2E's (rooted with touchnooter)?
Would a USB GPS receivers work such as a GlobalSat BU-353
Appreciate any feedback, I'm on a mission
We don't think there's bluetooth so it's got to be wifi tethering
I have been trying to use gpstethering app but it doesn't get an ip address. The one time it did, the NT said it was receiving but the data was not updating. The app developer (compton software) doesn't respond.
For gpstethering app, you need to see the address when you pull down the notification window.
I installed a toggle gps app for the NT, then one to allow mock locations.
I am also trying to see if I can feed it serial data as it has serial pins behind the sd card.
Is there such a thing as gps tethering? I mean, GPS has tethering and you just connect to it ad-hoc? What brand of GPS is that?
apeine said:
Is there such a thing as gps tethering? I mean, GPS has tethering and you just connect to it ad-hoc? What brand of GPS is that?
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Any Android device with a built in GPS can do this.
TetherGPS
I would think the GPS and a network connection would be good enough to triangulate where you are. I'm tired of the nag screen. I tried to Google for an answer but didn't find anything that exactly answered my question. Maybe when Google mapped out street view, they were also sniffing for Wi-Fi access points, and their names with locations? Just a theory.
Mine will work with Wireless off. Just tried it. Location settings to just GPS, Wifi turned off, map worked perfectly. Didn't try to navigate, but it should be the same.
Mine works fine without WiFi. It asked me once and I skipped it and it hasn't showed again.
Maybe because each WiFi router has the ability to send its location. If you were in a building without GPS signal you could still have location.
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Yeah I know you can skip it, but if the program senses you're on a mobile network, and the GPS is on, I don't know why it still wants to have Wi-Fi on.
Just did a test with a couple mapping apps. If I am in an airport or mall without WiFi on it can't tell which store or gate I am at. With the WiFi on it can tell exactly what store or gate I am near. Maybe they use WiFi to pinpoint. Oh and I did have GPS on at all times but without the added WiFi location it was either not good enough signal or no GPS signal... Who knows maybe they are just watching us.
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I think it's just that WiFi will always be more exact than data. You're accessing the Interwebz through one point rather than through your carrier.
Yeah but you're not connected to anything on Wi-Fi, it just has to be on.
There's a database of found access points out there. Your phone can triangulate its position far more accurately if it uses the available wifi access points to do so, especially indoors. Like oscar said, it doesn't need to be connected to wifi. It only needs wifi activated in order to "see" what access points are nearby.
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