Re: [gpsd-users] New client and ADS-B question

[Eric S. Raymond]

Cédric <address@hidden>:
> Now, I see ADS-B support has been mentioned in
> http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gpsd-dev/2012-06/msg00038.html but
> could not find any further information in this regards. May I inquire
> what is the status and your plans in regards with ADS-B support?

It's something we'd like to do someday.

What we'd need to go from wish to code is ADS-B test pairs.  A test pair
would consist of 

(a) A sequence of ADS-B packets in whatever native format they use - binary 
blob, AIVDM/AIVDO-style armored packets, whatever.

(b) A known-good decoding of that sequence into an annotated textual form
that I could massage into some sort of conformable JSON.

We'd also need a pointer to the specification for the format used in (a).

With these things, I could probably go from zero to a testable ADS-B 
driver in time on the close order of a week.
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>