Re: [gpsd-dev] Using multiple location sources to improve accuracy and reliability

[Chris Kuethe]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Richard Allen <address@hidden> wrote:
> I believe that particular product is installed by the manufacturer or by a
> certified retrofit shop.

Indeed.

I'm just saying that I don't see any documentation casually laying
around that describes the procedures for
installing/calibrating/maintaining such a device correctly, either for
aircraft or marine use. But simply averaging receivers is going to
cause problems.

> On Jul 9, 2012 12:23 PM, "Chris Kuethe" <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Olivier Cornu <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > What am i getting wrong so far?
>> > Is there any chance trunk might come this way, or will i have to hack a
>> > solution tailored for my use case?
>>
>> GPSD is intended to be a multiplexer, not a software solver. There are
>> a number of use cases for having multiple sensors reporting back to
>> gpsd without it trying to fuse all those reports.
>>
>> A lazy search for "Garmin G1000 installation manual" doesn't give me
>> any documentation on how to install one in an airplane. I bet there's
>> a specification on where the receiver and antennas must be installed,
>> and then a calibration screen for entering the specifics of that
>> particular aircraft. You're going to need to do something similar -
>> think on the issues and try some experiments if you want to do sensor
>> fusion.
>>
>> --
>> GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?
>>
>



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GDB has a 'break' feature; why doesn't it have 'fix' too?