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Diffstat (limited to 'geography/gpsd/DESCR')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/geography/gpsd/DESCR b/geography/gpsd/DESCR index 5df8eb10487..7c6bceebb24 100644 --- a/geography/gpsd/DESCR +++ b/geography/gpsd/DESCR @@ -1,10 +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 is a daemon acting as a liason between a GPS (GNSS) receiver or +Loran-C receiver and clients. The receiver is expected to generate +position information as NMEA-0183 sentences or in any of a number of +vendor-specific binary formats. 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 +Gpsd can take information from the receiver and translate it into something easier to understand for clients. |