GPS utilities for Mac OS X
Welcome to Robin's GPS utilities for Mac OS X. This page includes a couple of utilities for using GPS with other free or open source programs for OS X... and although none of the programs here are truly "stand-alone", I think you'll enjoy playing with them.
Many thanks to the folks on the KisMAC mailing list who have helped me test these utilities. If you enjoy them, or have any feedback to offer, or if you have any problems with them, please let me know!
The utilities:
- gpsdX - the best way to connect your GPS to one, or many, applications
- gps2geX - follow your location and track in real-time using Google Earth!
gpsdX
GPSd is an open-source GPS daemon, which allows you to share data from a single GPS source with multiple applications on one or even many computers. Not only can it reproduce raw GPS data to an (effectively) unlimited number of clients, but it can also provide fully parsed, on-demand GPS information to any client program.
gpsdX is a Mac OS X native, Universal Binary build of GPSd. It comes complete with an installer, and a GUI configuration utility to set it up to launch when you start your system. gpsdX is all you need to get started using GPSd on your Mac!
download gpsdXcurrent version: 1.2 - includes...
- gpsdX 2.32X (equivalent to release 2.32 of GPSd, with added features and bug-fixes currently only available to developers)
- libgps.dylib 15.0.0X
- gpsdX Config 1.2
Requirements:
- a computer running Mac OS X 10.4 (or newer)
- a GPS unit compatible with your computer
- one or more GPSd client programs, such as KisMAC or gps2geX... or talk to the developer of your favourite commercial GPS app!
gps2geX
GPS-to-Google Earth, or gps2ge, is a utility to monitor your GPS position and track in Google Earth.
Features:
- Tilts, tracks and zooms to follow your position in real time
- Your choice of fix icon (aeroplane, car, or generic position marker)
- Icon changes to warn of loss of GPS fix
- Follow your track along the ground, or in three dimensions (even through the air)
- Optional periodic snapshots of position, velocity and time
- Customizable view range and tilt angle
gps2geX is a Cocoa (Mac OS X) GUI-based version of gps2ge, bringing the ease-of-use of a graphical interface to the fun (and functional) gps2ge utility.
Requirements:
- gpsdX (or another installation of gpsd on Mac OS X 10.4 or newer)
- Google Earth
- browse your intended journey in Google Earth first to load it into disk cache - the more disk cache, the better!
