GPS on netbooks
GPS use-cases are only covered to the minimum in ubuntu; most prominent example is geoclue for firefox/chromium, which allows user to share his location through a web api.
This blueprint explores how gps can support more use-cases; current suggestions include:
* gps integration for timezone selection in clock
* gps usage to set/synch system clock (maybe as a ntp alternative)
* google maps integration -> display current location in a standalone google maps widget.
* gpsdrive -> allows to track openstreemap
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Started
- Approver:
- Alexander Sack
- Priority:
- Low
- Drafter:
- Alexander Sack
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Alexander Sack
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for maverick
- Implementation:
-
Started
- Milestone target:
-
ubuntu-10.10
- Started by
- Jamie Bennett
- Completed by
Whiteboard
[asac Jun 10]: alpha 3 planning. more a3 planning.
[asac Jul 10]: decided to do a custom GPS app rather than dehildonizing map-buddy and friends
Status:
gypsy and osm-gps-map uploaded to archive
Work Items (maverick-alpha-2):
package gypsy: DONE
upload gypsy to archive: DONE
package osm-gps-map: DONE
make osm-gps-map gtk widget available in archive: DONE
review map buddy, maemo-mapper or custom app using osm-gps-map option: POSTPONE
Work Items (maverick-alpha-3):
review map buddy, maemo-mapper or custom app using osm-gps-map option: DONE
ensure that libgeoclue supports gypsy in archive, so that apps using libgeoclue will automatically use that: DONE
Work Items (ubuntu-
research what additional freesoftware plugins/drivers for gpsd/gypsy are missing in the archive: POSTPONE
package those plugins/drivers and make them available in the archive: POSTPONE
Work items:
write a custom app with osm-gps-map: INPROGRESS
implement a "Show current location launchpad" that opens the mapper app from above: POSTPONE
evaluate gpsd vs. gypsy and in case we consider gypsy the right way forward communicate our evaluation to upstreams currently using gpsd: TODO
add app(s) from above to the ppa/archive/image: POSTPONE
