[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#456149: gpsdrive: Doesn't display my altitude

[Andrew McMillan]

On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 22:50 +0100, Andreas Putzo wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> thanks for reporting this bug.
> 
> On Dec 13  21:59, Andrew McMillan wrote:
> > Package: gpsdrive
> > Version: 2.10~pre4-1
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > GPSDrive is not displaying any altitude reading from my GPS (a Garmin
> > 60CSx).  If I telnet to the gpsd port on my local machine I definitely
> > do see my altitude coming through on the various data streams available.
> 
> Does the GPS Status bar in the bottom right corner sometimes displays a 3D Fix 
> which is needed to determine the altitude? The problem might be that
> gpsdrive switches to n/a in the altitude widget as soon as your gps
> device loses its 3D fix. If this happens frequently it might look as if
> there were no altitude information altogether.
> It would be helpful if you could provide a sample of collected nmea
> data for example by starting gpsd with -D2 or by reading nmea sentences
> directly from the device.

GPSDrive *never* displays the altitude.  It always displays "n/a" in
this area.

The GPS itself is a Garmin GPSMap 60 CSx which has a barometric
altimeter, can see 10 satellites at the time and is itself displaying
altitude and '3D' in it's own status.

Here is a sample from connecting to gpsd now.

Regards,
					Andrew McMillan.

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