Re: [gpsd-dev] Minimum working example for libgps

[Eric S. Raymond]

David Huichen Dai <address@hidden>:
> 2. This is only a toy program. In my project, I need to have the latest
> coordinates immediately whenever I want, I dont want to wait for any time
> before I can have the coordinates, also not in a loop as in this toy
> program. How could I achieve this?

You can never have this at all.

The problem is that your sensor only reports at 1-second intervals.  The best
you can do is sample at least once per second (0.5s is optimal) and cache
the last result.
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