New release of Python2.5 for Maemo (r0.4-12)
Luciano Miguel Wolf
luciano.wolf at indt.org.br
Fri Jul 20 07:04:30 PDT 2007
Pretty cool! Really simple :)
I've just started the binding process using Maemo gpsmgr/gpsbt libs.
Moving to this new one will not be a problem. Thank you for the tip. If
I have any doubts I will contact you.
Luciano
ext Henri Bergius wrote:
> On 7/19/07, Luciano Miguel Wolf <luciano.wolf at indt.org.br> wrote:
>> Next major release is planned to have GPS and Address book support.
>
> Hey, consider using GeoClue instead of direct GPS. That way apps can
> get position information even when GPS is not available...
>
> # TODO: Get the GeoClue interface to use from
> /schemas/apps/geoclue/position/defaultpath
> # and /schemas/apps/geoclue/position/defaultservice GConf keys
> proxy_obj = bus.get_object('org.foinse_project.geoclue.position.hostip',
> '/org/foinse_project/geoclue/position/hostip')
> geoclue_iface = dbus.Interface(proxy_obj,
> 'org.foinse_project.geoclue.position')
>
> # Get the coordinates from the service
> coordinates = geoclue_iface.current_position()
>
> Simple, isn't it? :-)
>
> GeoClue is being considered as a default part of the GNOME Mobile and
> Embedded stack, so supporting it instead of direct gpsd would make
> sense.
>
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/GeoClue/
> http://vilunki.wordpress.com/2007/07/19/geoclue-release/
>
>> Luciano Wolf
>
> /Henri
>
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