Hey, I've got Route 66 on my iBook. I've been trying to figure out if I can hook up my N95 to the iBook and use it as a GPS device, but no such luck. Anyone got any ideas?
N95 as EXTERNAL GPS device?
dont think itll wrk mate the gps is built into the n95 ie its not a bluetooth gps device so has no way of connecting with your device
hope that makes sense mate
Why not use N95 (internal GPS antenna) with Route 66:con?
You mean why don't I use the mobile edition of route 66? Because the screen on my iBook is just a slight bit larger than the N95's and it has a keyboard and I can find an address quicker and...the list goes on.
Igatron wrote:You mean why don't I use the mobile edition of route 66? Because the screen on my iBook is just a slight bit larger than the N95's and it has a keyboard and I can find an address quicker and...the list goes on.
Ok! The use of N95 only as antenna is not possible.:frown:
Igatron wrote:Hey, I've got Route 66 on my iBook. I've been trying to figure out if I can hook up my N95 to the iBook and use it as a GPS device, but no such luck. Anyone got any ideas?
She canae take it, Captain!
nj7 wrote:Ok! The use of N95 only as antenna is not possible.:frown:
What you really meant to say was nobody has written a GPS2BT app so far...
dez_borders wrote:What you really meant to say was nobody has written a GPS2BT app so far...
Why can't we just ask :icon13:Gpscraplands:icon13:
🙄Sorry, couldn't help it - will not happen again🙄
loke.nor wrote:Why can't we just ask :icon13:Gpscraplands:icon13:🙄Sorry, couldn't help it - will not happen again🙄
Don't encourage them to come back here... 😮
I have downloaded the S60 3RD SDK package and if I ever work out what it's all about I might have a crack at writing an N95GPS2Bluetooth app.
I am sure it's quote possible but it's not a very easy thing to attempt as a first project! I should probably start with "Hello World".
Igatron wrote:Hey, I've got Route 66 on my iBook. I've been trying to figure out if I can hook up my N95 to the iBook and use it as a GPS device, but no such luck. Anyone got any ideas?
It is technically possible (e.g. a 3rd party app on the phone can read the internal GPS and forward the information over bluetooth), but as far as I know noone has written such an application yet.
Try running this script on your phone, set the bluetooth to discoverable, and see if your laptop picks it up.
You need to install Python on your phone to run it - http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=154155. The files that you need to install are:
Then place the script in \python on your memory card, and run it from the script shell 😉
This script simply serves up some static GPS data thats hard-coded into it, but could be adapted to use the internal GPS if it works in serving the bt client app.
Cool! I'll give this a go!
pennas wrote:Try running this script on your phone, set the bluetooth to discoverable, and see if your laptop picks it up....
It works great!!! :rock:
I'm using Holux gpsviewer under windows and I can see GPS data stream from
"BT-GPS" which is my Nokia N95 :icon14:
I know already exist a python gps client for N95 using internal antenna... 1+1 = Nokia N95 as BT GPS antenna 😊
cyrux wrote:It works great!!! :rock:
I'm using Holux gpsviewer under windows and I can see GPS data stream from
"BT-GPS" which is my Nokia N95 :icon14:
I know already exist a python gps client for N95 using internal antenna... 1+1 = Nokia N95 as BT GPS antenna 😊
If I get the chance, i'll try and add internal GPS source so that it's genuine rather than fake data 😉
Not sure when i'll get that chance though! If anyone fancies giving it a go, feel free... :tongue:
Well, there's no GPS support in S60 Python 1.4. And location capability requires symbian signed or developer certificate, so it's a bit messy solution with python extensions 😊
I've written a free midlet which solves the same problem:
Symarctic ExtGPS allows you to share phone's built-in GPS module to laptop via Bluetooth. It is mainly targeted for Nokia N95, E90, 6110 Navigator handsets, allowing you to use existing, more sophisticated GIS applications. Free for personal, non-commercial use.
thanks jarnoh!
very nice indeed!
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Hmmm, dont fancy doing a little patch for getting the GPS data to a fake BT port or something do you? 😉
bartmanekul, you mean showing local services in bluetooth discoveries, so that you could use existing s60 software which uses btgps directly?
I don't think it's possible, maybe we just have to wait for new location api enabled applications.
I just needed a way to use S60's GPS with a laptop, as I already had given my BTGPS away 😊