[Re: [R] GPS data import into R]

[Mark Hall]

But isn't this really going to depend on the specific GPS unit one is using?
I know from my experience with Trimble's equipment, their software interface allows
you to produce ASCII files of your data points and the readings taken at whatever
time interval you take them at.

Just my two yen's worth today....
Later, Mark Hall


Ross Ihaka wrote:

> On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 12:03:12PM -0700, James Edward Marca wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > before I develop my own routines, is there a package or
> > library for loading Global Positioning System (GPS) sentences
> > into R for analysis?
> >
> > If not, I plan to try to write a routine to listen to
> > a GPS signal, strip off the identification codes, and then
> > *do something interesting* with the data, such as plot the
> > three-dimensional drift statistics.  (Obviously the interesting
> > stuff can be done with existing R packages.)
>
> This sounds pretty interesting.  I can;t offer any help, but I'd
> like to hear about what you come up with.
>         Ross
>
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