Geoclue2 and GPSD

[Bastien Nocera]

On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 14:38 +0100, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess at hadess.net> 
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2015-06-25 at 14:02 +0100, Zeeshan Ali (Khattak) wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Александр Волков <
> > > a.volkov at rusbitech.ru> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > Sorry for late reply.
> > > 
> > > > any plans to receive GPS data from GPSD?
> > > 
> > > None. I was hoping to do that but Bastien informed me that 
> > > standalone
> > > GPS devices need to be calibrated etc by Apps so apps are better 
> > > off
> > > talking directly to GPSD.
> > 
> > Another way to solve that problem, in the future, might be to offer
> > GPSd's data over the network, in the same way that we're doing for
> > phones. This will mean no additional configuration necessary at
> > Geoclue's level, but people who want to feed it GPS data can do so
> > anyway.
> 
> But you'll still need an app that runs to configure the GPS device?

You'll need something to setup gpsd, and to sling its data to Geoclue.
It won't be part of Geoclue, but it's possible. I wouldn't touch gpsd
with a footlong pole.