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| author | wiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-07-26 23:31:56 +0000 |
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| committer | wiz <wiz@pkgsrc.org> | 2004-07-26 23:31:56 +0000 |
| commit | ec686cda1e6c1323d1e1e520873231f592af73be (patch) | |
| tree | efff23a02d89e0bd9736f2d71de6ade9fd22b19f /geography/gpsd/DESCR | |
| parent | d2c71d44390085f7ddd279fee6430f2cf7bea080 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-ec686cda1e6c1323d1e1e520873231f592af73be.tar.gz | |
Re-import misc/gpsd as geography/gpsd.
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| -rw-r--r-- | geography/gpsd/DESCR | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/geography/gpsd/DESCR b/geography/gpsd/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5df8eb10487 --- /dev/null +++ b/geography/gpsd/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Gpsd is a user land 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. + +Gpsd listens on port 2947 for clients requesting position, time, +velocity or altitude information. + +Gpsd can take information from the gps and translate it into +something easier to understand for clients. |