Re: gpsd_json(5) and cgps seem to differ

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Greg!

On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 08:12:52 -0400
Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com> wrote:

> "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com> writes:
> 
> > There are way too many gnssid:svid conversions to NMEA PRN to be
> > documented.  
> 
> So maybe gpsd should just display NMEA PRN, only.

Display the random unstandardized NMEA PRN data?  Instead of the well
defined GNSSid and SVid?

> It doesn't make sense to me display a bunch of other things while
> also claiming they don't mean anything because they are too
> complicated to be documented.

They are documented in include/gps.h and in the code.  But I agree the
gpsd_json man page nees to improve.  I have some ideas.

RGDS
GARY
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