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Re: [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery |
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Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:36:02 -0500 |
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Gary E. Miller <address@hidden>:
> Yo Roger!
>
> On Thu, 21 Jan 2016 08:07:59 +0000
> Roger Oberholtzer <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Is there any reason STATUS_DGPS_FIX has been removed from gps.h,
> > while STATUS_NO_FIX and STATUS_FIX remain?
>
> Good question. Garmin and uBlox both distinguish between STATUS_GPS_FIX
> and STATUS_DGPS_FIX. So gpsd can now report a status to userspace that
> userspace can not decode.
>
> I see the removal in this commit:
>
> commit 46c8965d9061d2ca0f3db6710bec6eacea605f40
> Author: Eric S. Raymond <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue Jan 13 08:29:11 2015 -0500
>
> Clean STATUS_DGPS_FIX out of the public interface. All
> regression tests pas s.
>
> Eric, any reason for this commit? Looks like a step backwards. I
> would like STATUS_DGPS_FIX restored.
Why? What you really want to know in practuce is the XYZ %95 error , no?
I took this out because some devices don't report that status. But we
can get 95% error ranges ever time from a comptation on the skyview.
--
<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>
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- [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery, Roger Oberholtzer, 2016/01/21
- Re: [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery, Roger Oberholtzer, 2016/01/22
- Re: [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery, Eric S. Raymond, 2016/01/22
- Re: [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery, Gary E. Miller, 2016/01/22
- Re: [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery, Eric S. Raymond, 2016/01/22
- Re: [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery, Greg Troxel, 2016/01/22
- Re: [gpsd-users] STATUS_DGPS_FIX mystery, Roger Oberholtzer, 2016/01/25