GPS GUI application for OpenMoko mobile phone.
Features
- Map:
- maps are configured with python script, thus can be easily modified by distributors or end users.
- batch downloads
- ruler and lat/lon grid
- map overlay
- in memory tile cache
- GPS:
- U-BLOX binary protocol is used by default, efficient. Automatically switch to ogpsd upon conflict.
- U-BLOX AGPS online, which cuts TTFF down to about 10s.
- dump aiding data on close and after AGPS online, feed these data to GPS receiver on start.
- sync GPS time to system and hardware clock.
- auto-suspend is disabled, also you can reset GPS or configure "dynamic platform model" with "CFG-NAV2"
- Track recording and replay. Export track records as .gpx file.
- Scratch on map, and save as screen shot.
- Basic sounding for reporting speed and events (low power and weak signal). Config script is written in Python, for ease of extending.
NOTE
- only supports downloading via HTTP, without proxy. CURL was ever used but was dropped due to various problems.
- should run on any GTA01 or GTA02 with FSO framework.
- sound files are installed into /usr/share/sounds/omgps/
- data dir is $HOME/.omgps/. This directory and related subdirectories/files are created after first run. You can modify/add maps in file $HOME/.omgps/config_VERSION/map.py
