Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : gpsd Version : 2.1 Upstream Author : Derrick Brashear <dbrashear at users.berlios.de> Eric S. Raymond <esr at users.berlios.de> Russ Nelson <nelsonrn at users.berlios.de> Remco Treffkorn <remco at users.berlios.de> * URL : http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gpsd/ * License : GPL Description : a GPS service daemon
gpsd is a userland daemon acting as a liason between a GPS or Loran-C receiver and clients. The receiver is expected to generate position information as NMEA-0183 sentences, or Rockwell binary format, although that can be changed.