TiniGPS

This is a project to make a GPS reciever accessible from a web browser. Not terribly useful, I admit, but kinda neat. I'm using a Dallas Semiconductor Tini Board read from a GPS reciever that puts out data in NMEA format. I've only tested it with a DeLorme Tripmate, but I believe that it should work with other NMEA capable GPS recievers. The Tripmate is a pretty cool device, and for a while DeLorme was closing them out for $50 each, but I guess they are sold out- I can't find it on their website anymore.

I'm doing this as my first attempt at a relatively complex Java program, so I'm sure my coding style leaves something to be desired. Here's a sample output page.

Here are the files:

Angle.java Latitude with some hemisphere information added
Cartesian.java The position- Latitude and Longitude
GPS.java The GPS reciever- reads and decodes the data from the reciever
GPSDate.java Date as read from the GPS
GPSDecoder.java The thread that decodes the GPS data
GPSStuff.java Collection of information read from the GPS
GPSTime.java Time as read from the GPS
Queue.java Where data waits after it has been read from the GPS and before it has been decoded
SVData.java Satellite data
TiniGPS.java Main
TiniGPSReader.java Thread that reads the data from the serial port
httpDaemon.java Thread that acts as the http server
tiniGPS111301.zip All the above files

I started this program by copying the TiniTerm program in Don Loomis's book The Tini Specification and Developer's Guide. I've since modified it extensively, hacking things up to get them working.

I'd appreciate any help (or encouragement)- please email me.

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