N95 as EXTERNAL GPS device?

[Igatron]

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?

[buxz777]

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

[nj7]

Why not use N95 (internal GPS antenna) with Route 66

[Igatron]

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.

[nj7]

Originally Posted by Igatron

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.

[pa49]

Originally Posted by Igatron

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!

[dez_borders]

Originally Posted by nj7

Ok! The use of N95 only as antenna is not possible.

What you really meant to say was nobody has written a GPS2BT app so far...

[loke.nor]

Originally Posted by dez_borders

What you really meant to say was nobody has written a GPS2BT app so far...

Why can't we just ask Gpscraplands

Sorry, couldn't help it - will not happen again

[dez_borders]

Originally Posted by loke.nor

Why can't we just ask Gpscraplands

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".

[LarsG]

Originally Posted by Igatron

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.

[pennas]

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/showf...roup_id=154155. The files that you need to install are:

First, Python interpreter

Second,, python script shell

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.

[Igatron]

Cool! I'll give this a go!

[cyrux]

Originally Posted by pennas

Try running this script on your phone, set the bluetooth to discoverable, and see if your laptop picks it up.

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It works great!!!
I'm using Holux gpsviewer under windows and I can see GPS data stream from
"BT-GPS" which is my Nokia N95
I know already exist a python gps client for N95 using internal antenna... 1+1 = Nokia N95 as BT GPS antenna

[pennas]

Originally Posted by cyrux

It works great!!!
I'm using Holux gpsviewer under windows and I can see GPS data stream from
"BT-GPS" which is my Nokia N95
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...

[jarnoh]

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.