Gpsd

gpsd
Original author(s)Remco Treffkorn,
Derrick Brashear
Developer(s)Eric S. Raymond
Stable release
3.22[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 9 January 2021; 3 years ago (9 January 2021)
Repository
Written inC, Python
Operating systemLinux, *BSD, Mac OS X, Android
PlatformAny
Size~120K LOC
Available inEnglish
TypeGPS software
LicenseBSD license
Websitegpsd.gitlab.io/gpsd/

gpsd is a computer software program that collects data from a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver and provides the data via an Internet Protocol (IP) network to potentially multiple client applications in a server-client application architecture. Gpsd may be run as a daemon to operate transparently as a background task of the server. The network interface provides a standardized data format for multiple concurrent client applications, such as Kismet or GPS navigation software.

Gpsd is commonly used on Unix-like operating systems.[2][3][4] It is distributed as free software under the 3-clause BSD license.

  1. ^ "gpsd version 3.22 is released". 9 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ Debian packages of gpsd
  3. ^ Fedora package of gpsd Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ gpsd FreeBSD from the FreeBSD ports archive