[maemo-developers] N810, GPS and Java

Fri Mar 5 19:34:43 EET 2010

Quoting Demetris <demetris at ece.neu.edu>:

>
> Hi all,
>
>    is there a Java API available for accessing the GPS device on the
> N810? I have a feeling asking for a Java API may be a tough one,
> so in such a case, a C? Any other type?
>    I am pretty much interested on retrieving the appropriate data for
> my current location that I can feed into Google Maps (or an OS2008
> map app) or a distance app for giving me the closest pts of interest
> to my location.
>
> Thanks

Hi,

you can start the gpsd via dbus. I don't know yet if the gpsd also sends
the coords via dbus. So try it out with the java-dbus bindings.

Bye Henning

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