Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS
AFAIK Windows 8 doesn't provide ways to expose the Location API as a virtual COM port (it's a feature that many users are asking). A solution would be the use of a driver to expose the Location API as NMEA provider. Here two examples are provided: - http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowshardware/Sensors-Geolocation-Driver-5f2a11d6 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windows/hardware/ff545919(v=vs.85).aspx giovanni 2013/6/5 Nathan Woodrow > Well it's more a feature then a bug, but it does need to be fixed. We > need to be able to access the internal GPS without the user needing to > install another bit of software. > > - Nathan > > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Bill_Williamson < > bill.william...@productivewaterservices.com.au> wrote: > >> So there is no bug in QGIS. >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-on-Windows-8-with-GPS-tp5053768p5058106.html >> Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ___ >> Qgis-user mailing list >> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> > > > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > -- Giovanni Allegri http://about.me/giovanniallegri blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://bit.ly/GEOplus ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS
Well it's more a feature then a bug, but it does need to be fixed. We need to be able to access the internal GPS without the user needing to install another bit of software. - Nathan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:32 PM, Bill_Williamson < bill.william...@productivewaterservices.com.au> wrote: > So there is no bug in QGIS. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-on-Windows-8-with-GPS-tp5053768p5058106.html > Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS
> So there is no bug in QGIS. > Markus wan't saying it was a bug. The question was if there were experiences on bridging QGis with the Windows 8 Location API. I fear no. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-on-Windows-8-with-GPS-tp5053768p5058106.html > Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > -- Giovanni Allegri http://about.me/giovanniallegri blog: http://blog.spaziogis.it GEO+ geomatica in Italia http://bit.ly/GEOplus ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS
So there is no bug in QGIS. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-on-Windows-8-with-GPS-tp5053768p5058106.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS
We have to clarify something here. If you are connecting an external GPS, e.g Garmin Glo to you via tablet via Bluetooth then I have no doubt it will work fine as most of the time they are exposed using a COM port. Markus is talking about the internal GPS device that is built in to some of these new tablets. The internal GPS uses the new interface to let applications receive the GPS information. - Nathan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Lene Fischer wrote: > Same here - ASUS TaiChi and a Garmin Glo. > Works fine > Regards > Lene > > Fra: qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] > på vegne af Bill_Williamson [ > bill.william...@productivewaterservices.com.au] > Sendt: 5. juni 2013 12:39 > Til: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Emne: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS > > I use a Windows tablet, Lenovo Yoga (imported), with a Garmin Glo and QGIS > finds it just fine. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-on-Windows-8-with-GPS-tp5053768p5058091.html > Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > ___ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS
Same here - ASUS TaiChi and a Garmin Glo. Works fine Regards Lene Fra: qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] på vegne af Bill_Williamson [bill.william...@productivewaterservices.com.au] Sendt: 5. juni 2013 12:39 Til: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org Emne: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS I use a Windows tablet, Lenovo Yoga (imported), with a Garmin Glo and QGIS finds it just fine. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-on-Windows-8-with-GPS-tp5053768p5058091.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS
I use a Windows tablet, Lenovo Yoga (imported), with a Garmin Glo and QGIS finds it just fine. -- View this message in context: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-on-Windows-8-with-GPS-tp5053768p5058091.html Sent from the Quantum GIS - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS on Windows 8 with GPS
On 05/16/2013 10:26 AM, Markus Honegger wrote: Hi all, I'd like to use QGIS on a Windows 8 tablet pc which has a GPS inside. Unfortunately, this sensors does not send a NMEA protocoll over a virtual COM port. Instead, it uses the Windows "Location API" (see: http://ker.li/locationapi ). Does anybody have any experiences in using such a GPS sensor with QGIS? How can the Location API be converted into a QGIS-known-GPS-device? Many thanks and kind regards, Markus This appears to be a known issue that people are complaining about with basically all software that used to work on windows with GPS units. http://gcoupe.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/microsoft-does-it-again/ http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/wdk/thread/c83dd941-0e03-448c-a438-33c573a6a22d/ There is a way to map the Location API to NMEA but Microsoft seems to have decided that each developer will need to do it themselves. So thanks for reporting, I'll check if we have an open ticket on the issue but I can't promise when this might be resolved. Hopefully someone will release an open source lib that does the conversion. Thanks, Alex ___ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
