[maemo-developers] N810, GPS and Java

[From: D G]

Nice !! Will do thanks Henning



On Mar 5, 2010, at 12:34 PM, "Henning Heinold" <h.heinold at tarent.de>  
wrote:

> 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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