NAME GPSD::Parse - Parse, extract use the JSON output from GPS units SYNOPSIS use GPSD::Parse; my $gps = GPSD::Parse->new; # start the data flow, and poll for data $gps->on; $gps->poll; # get all TPV data in an href my $tpv_href = $gps->tpv; # get individual TPV stats print $gps->tpv('lat'); print $gps->tpv('lon'); # timestamp of the most recent poll print $gps->time; # get all satellites in an href of hrefs my $sats = $gps->satellites; # get an individual piece of info from a single sattelite print $gps->satellites(16, 'ss'); # check which serial device the GPS is connected to print $gps->device; # stop capturing data $gps->off; DESCRIPTION Simple, lightweight distribution that polls `gpsd' for data received from a UART (serial) connected GPS receiver over a TCP connection. The data is fetched in JSON, and returned as Perl data. NOTES Requirements A version of gpsd that returns results in JSON format is required to have been previously installed. It should be started at system startup, with the following flags with system-specific serial port. See the above link for information on changing the listen IP and port. sudo gpsd -n /dev/ttyS0 -F /var/log/gpsd.sock Available Data Each of the methods that return data have a table in their respective documentation within the METHODS section. Specifically, look at the `tpv()', `sattelites()' and the more broad `sky()' method sections to understand what available data attributes you can extract. METHODS new(%args) Instantiates and returns a new GPSD::Parse object instance. Parameters: host => 127.0.0.1 Optional, String: An IP address or fully qualified domain name of the `gpsd' server. Defaults to the localhost (`127.0.0.1') if not supplied. port => 2947 Optional, Integer: The TCP port number that the `gpsd' daemon is running on. Defaults to `2947' if not sent in. on Puts `gpsd' in listening mode, ready to poll data from. If this method is not called, a warning will be thrown when you `poll()', and your dataset will be incomplete (ie. invalid). off Turns off `gpsd' listening mode. Not necessary to call, but it will help preserve battery life if running on a portable device. poll(%args) Does a poll of `gpsd' for data, and configures the object with that data. Parameters: All parameters are sent in as a hash. fname => $filename Optional, String: Used for testing, you can send in the name of a JSON file that contains `gpsd' JSON data and we'll work with that instead of polling the GPS device directly. return => 'json' Optional, String: By default, after configuring the object, we will return the polled raw data as a Perl hash reference. Send this param in with the value of `'json'' and we'll return the data exactly as we received it from `gpsd'. Returns: The raw poll data as either a Perl hash reference structure or as the original JSON string. tpv($stat) `TPV' stands for "Time Position Velocity". This is the data that represents your location and other vital statistics. By default, we return a hash reference that is in the format `stat =' 'value'>. Parameters: $stat Optional, String. You can extract individual statistics of the TPV data by sending in the name of the stat you wish to fetch. This will then return the string value if available. Returns `undef' if the statistic doesn't exist. Available statistic/info name, example value, description. This is the default raw result: time => '2017-05-16T22:29:29.000Z' # date/time in UTC lon => '-114.000000000' # longitude lat => '51.000000' # latitude alt => '1084.9' # altitude (metres) climb => '0' # rate of ascent/decent (metres/sec) speed => '0' # rate of movement (metres/sec) track => '279.85' # heading (degrees from true north) device => '/dev/ttyS0' # GPS serial interface mode => 3 # NMEA mode epx => '3.636' # longitude error estimate (metres) epy => '4.676' # latitude error estimate (metres) epc => '8.16' # ascent/decent error estimate (meters) ept => '0.005' # timestamp error (sec) epv => '4.082' # altitude error estimate (meters) eps => '9.35' # speed error estimate (metres/sec) class => 'TPV' # data type (fixed as TPV) tag => 'ZDA' # identifier satellites($num, $stat) This method returns a hash reference of hash references, where the key is the satellite number, and the value is a hashref that contains the various information related to the specific numbered satellite. Note that the data returned by this function has been manipuated and is not exactly equivalent of that returned by `gpsd'. To get the raw data, see `sky()'. Parameters: $num Optional, Integer: Send in the satellite number and we'll return the relevant information in a hash reference for the specific satellite requested, as opposed to returning data for all the satellites. Returns `undef' if a satellite by that number doesn't exist. $stat Optional, String: Like `tpv()', you can request an individual piece of information for a satellite. This parameter is only valid if you've sent in the `$num' param, and the specified satellite exists. Available statistic/information items available for each satellite, including the name, an example value and a description: NOTE: The PRN attribute will not appear unless you're using raw data. The PRN can be found as the satellite hash reference key after we've processed the data. PRN => 16 # PRN ID of the satellite # 1-63 are GNSS satellites # 64-96 are GLONASS satellites # 100-164 are SBAS satellites ss => 20 # signal strength (dB) az => 161 # azimuth (degrees from true north) used => 1 # currently being used in calculations el => 88 # elevation in degrees sky Returns a hash reference containing all of the data that was pulled from the `SKY' information returned by `gpsd'. This information contains satellite info and other related statistics. Available information, with the attribute, example value and description: satellites => [] # array of satellite hashrefs xdop => '0.97' # longitudinal dilution of precision ydop => '1.25' # latitudinal dilution of precision pdop => '1.16' # spherical dilution of precision tdop => '2.2' # time dilution of precision vdop => '0.71' # altitude dilution of precision gdop => '3.87' # hyperspherical dilution of precision hdop => '0.92' # horizontal dilution of precision class => 'SKY' # object class, hardcoded to SKY tag => 'ZDA' # object ID device => '/dev/ttyS0' # serial port connected to the GPS device Returns a string containing the actual device the GPS is connected to (eg: `/dev/ttyS0'). time Returns a string of the date and time of the most recent poll, in UTC. SEE ALSO A very similar distribution is Net::GPSD3. However, it has a long line of prerequisite distributions that didn't always install easily on my primary target platform, the Raspberry Pi. This distribution isn't meant to replace that one, it's just a much simpler and more lightweight piece of software that pretty much does the same thing. AUTHOR Steve Bertrand, `' LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT Copyright 2017 Steve Bertrand. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.