Net::GPSD - Provides an object client interface to the gpsd server daemon.


Net-GPSD documentation Contained in the Net-GPSD distribution.

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NAME

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Net::GPSD - Provides an object client interface to the gpsd server daemon.

SYNOPSIS

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 use Net::GPSD;
 $obj=Net::GPSD->new;
 my $point=$obj->get;
 print $point->latlon. "\n";

or

 use Net::GPSD;
 $obj=Net::GPSD->new;
 $obj->subscribe();

DESCRIPTION

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Note: This package supports the older version 2 protocol. It works for gpsd versions less than 3.00. However, for all versions of the gpsd deamon greater than 2.90 you should use the version 3 protocol supported by Net::GPSD3.

Net::GPSD provides an object client interface to the gpsd server daemon. gpsd is an open source GPS deamon from http://gpsd.berlios.de/.

For example the get method returns a blessed hash reference like

 {S=>[?|0|1|2],
  P=>[lat,lon]}

Fortunately, there are various methods that hide this hash from the user.

CONSTRUCTOR

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new

Returns a new Net::GPSD object.

 my $obj=Net::GPSD->new(host=>"localhost", port=>"2947");

METHODS

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initialize

get

Returns a current point object regardless if there is a fix or not. Applications should test if $point->fix is true.

 my $point=$obj->get();

subscribe

The subscribe method listens to gpsd server in watcher (W command) mode and calls the handler for each point received. The return for the handler will be sent back as the first argument to the handler on the next call.

 $obj->subscribe();
 $obj->subscribe(handler=>\&gpsd_handler, config=>$config);

default_point_handler

default_satellitelist_handler

getsatellitelist

Returns a list of Net::GPSD::Satellite objects. (maps to gpsd Y command)

 my @list=$obj->getsatellitelist;
 my $list=$obj->getsatellitelist;

retrieve

open

parse

host

Sets or returns the current gpsd host.

 my $host=$obj->host;

port

Sets or returns the current gpsd TCP port.

 my $port=$obj->port;

baud

Returns the baud rate of the connect GPS receiver. (maps to gpsd B command first data element)

 my $baud=$obj->baud;

rate

Returns the sampling rate of the GPS receiver. (maps to gpsd C command first data element)

 my $rate=$obj->rate;

device

Returns the GPS device name. (maps to gpsd F command first data element)

 my $device=$obj->device;

identification (aka id)

Returns a text string identifying the GPS. (maps to gpsd I command first data element)

 my $identification=$obj->identification;
 my $identification=$obj->id;

id

protocol

Returns the GPSD protocol revision number. (maps to gpsd L command first data element)

 my $protocol=$obj->protocol;

daemon

Returns the gpsd daemon version. (maps to gpsd L command second data element)

 my $daemon=$obj->daemon;

commands

Returns a string of accepted command letters. (maps to gpsd L command third data element)

 my $commands=$obj->commands;

FUNCTIONS

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time

Returns the time difference between two point objects in seconds.

 my $seconds=$obj->time($p1, $p2);

distance

Returns the distance difference between two point objects in meters. (simple calculation)

 my $meters=$obj->distance($p1, $p2);

track

Returns a point object at the predicted location in time seconds assuming constant velocity. (Geo::Forward calculation)

 my $point=$obj->track($p1, $seconds);

q2u

GETTING STARTED

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Try the examples in the bin folder. Most every method has a default which is most likely what you will want.

LIMITATIONS

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The distance function is Geo::Inverse.

The track function uses Geo::Forward.

All units are degrees, meters, seconds.

BUGS

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Email the author and log on RT.

EXAMPLES

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SUPPORT

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DavisNetworks.com supports all Perl applications including this package.

AUTHOR

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Michael R. Davis, qw/gpsd michaelrdavis com/

LICENSE

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Copyright (c) 2006 Michael R. Davis (mrdvt92)

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

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Geo::Inverse, Geo::Forward


Net-GPSD documentation Contained in the Net-GPSD distribution.
package Net::GPSD;
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Socket::INET;
use Net::GPSD::Point;
use Net::GPSD::Satellite;

our $VERSION='0.39';

sub new {
  my $this = shift();
  my $class = ref($this) || $this;
  my $self = {};
  bless $self, $class;
  $self->initialize(@_);
  return $self;
}

sub initialize {
  my $self = shift();
  my %param = @_;
  $self->{'host'}=$param{'host'} || 'localhost';
  $self->{'port'}=$param{'port'} || '2947';
  unless ($param{'do_not_init'}) { #for testing
    my $data=$self->retrieve('LKIFCB');
    foreach (keys %$data) {
      $self->{$_}=[@{$data->{$_}}]; #there has got to be a better way to do this...
    }
  }
}

sub get {
  my $self=shift();
  my $data=$self->retrieve('SMDO');
  return Net::GPSD::Point->new($data);
}

sub subscribe {
  my $self = shift();
  my %param = @_;
  my $last=undef();
  my $handler=$param{'handler'} || \&default_point_handler;
  my $satlisthandler=$param{'satlisthandler'} || \&default_satellitelist_handler;
  my $config=$param{'config'} || {};
  my $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr=>$self->host,
                                   PeerPort=>$self->port);
  $sock->send("W\n");
  my $data;
  my $point;
  while (defined($_=$sock->getline)) {
    if (m/,O=/) {
      $point=Net::GPSD::Point->new($self->parse($_));
      $point->mode(defined($point->tag) ? (defined($point->alt) ? 3 : 2) : 0);
      if ($point->fix) {
        my $return=&{$handler}($last, $point, $config);
        $last=$return if (defined($return));
      }
    } elsif (m/,W=/) {
    } elsif (m/,Y=/) {
    } elsif (m/,X=/) {
    } else {
      warn "Unknown: $_\n";
    }
  }
}

sub default_point_handler {
  my $p1=shift(); #last return or undef if first
  my $p2=shift(); #current fix
  my $config=shift(); #configuration data
  print $p2->latlon. "\n";
  return $p2;
}

sub default_satellitelist_handler {
  my $sl=shift();
  my $i=0;
  print join("\t", qw{Count PRN ELEV Azim SNR USED}), "\n";
  foreach (@$sl) {
    print join "\t", ++$i,
                     $_->prn,
                     $_->elev,
                     $_->azim,
                     $_->snr,
                     $_->used;
    print "\n";
  }
  return 1;
}

sub getsatellitelist {
  my $self=shift();
  my $string='Y';
  my $data=$self->retrieve($string);
  my @data = @{$data->{'Y'}};
  shift(@data);             #Drop sentence tag
  my @list = ();
  foreach (@data) {
    #print "$_\n";
    push @list, Net::GPSD::Satellite->new(split " ", $_);
  }
  return wantarray ? @list : \@list;
}

sub retrieve {
  my $self=shift();
  my $string=shift();
  my $sock=$self->open();
  if (defined($sock)) {
    $sock->send($string) or die("Error: $!");
    my $data=$sock->getline;
    chomp $data;
    return $self->parse($data);
  } else {
    warn "$0: Could not connect to gspd host.\n";
    return undef();
  }
}

sub open {
  my $self=shift();
  if (! defined($self->{'sock'}) || ! defined($self->{'sock'}->connected())) {
    $self->{'sock'} = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr => $self->host,
                                            PeerPort => $self->port);
  }
  return $self->{'sock'};
}

sub parse {
  my $self=shift();
  my $line=shift();
  my %data=();
  my @line=split(/[,\n\r]/, $line);  
  foreach (@line) {
    if (m/(.*)=(.*)/) {
      if ($1 eq 'Y') {
        $data{$1}=[split(/:/, $2)]; #Y is : delimited
      } else {
        $data{$1}=[map {$_ eq '?' ? undef() : $_} split(/\s+/, $2)];
      }
    }
  }
  return \%data;
}

sub host {
  my $self = shift();
  if (@_) {
    $self->{'host'} = shift();
  }
  return $self->{'host'};
}

sub port {
  my $self = shift();
  if (@_) {
    $self->{'port'} = shift();
  }
  return $self->{'port'};
}

sub baud {
  my $self = shift();
  return q2u $self->{'B'}->[0];
}

sub rate {
  my $self = shift();
  return q2u $self->{'C'}->[0];
}

sub device {
  my $self = shift();
  return q2u $self->{'F'}->[0];
}

sub identification {
  my $self = shift();
  return q2u $self->{'I'}->[0];
}

sub id {
  my $self = shift();
  return $self->identification;
}

sub protocol {
  my $self = shift();
  return q2u $self->{'L'}->[0];
}

sub daemon {
  my $self = shift();
  return q2u $self->{'L'}->[1];
}

sub commands {
  my $self = shift();
  my $string=q2u $self->{'L'}->[2];
  return wantarray ? split(//, $string) : $string
}

sub time {
  #seconds between p1 and p2
  my $self=shift();
  my $p1=shift();
  my $p2=shift();
  return abs($p2->time - $p1->time);
}

sub distance {
  #returns meters between p1 and p2
  my $self=shift();
  my $p1=shift();
  my $p2=shift();
  my $lat1=$p1->lat;
  my $lon1=$p1->lon;
  my $lon2=$p2->lon;
  my $lat2=$p2->lat;

  use Geo::Inverse;
  my $obj = Geo::Inverse->new();
  my ($faz, $baz, $dist)=$obj->inverse($lat1, $lon1, $lat2, $lon2);
  return $dist;
}

sub track {
  #return calculated point of $p1 in time assuming constant velocity
  my $self=shift();
  my $p1=shift();
  my $time=shift();
  use Geo::Forward;
  my $object = Geo::Forward->new(); # default "WGS84"
  my $dist=($p1->speed||0) * $time;   #meters
  my ($lat1,$lon1,$faz)=($p1->lat, $p1->lon, $p1->heading||0);
  my ($lat2,$lon2,$baz) = $object->forward($lat1,$lon1,$faz,$dist);

  my $p2=Net::GPSD::Point->new($p1);
  $p2->lat($lat2);
  $p2->lon($lon2);
  $p2->time($p1->time + $time);
  $p2->heading($baz-180);
  return $p2;
}

sub q2u {
  my $a=shift();
  return $a eq '?' ? undef() : $a;
}

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