[nick_santa83]

Hi, I've a N70 which is a 2nd Ed, 3FP phone. I'm wondering if i can buy a GPS receiver and use it through Python. Is that possible? I came across codes for 3rd Edition phones to acess GPS but not sure if it will work in a 2nd Ed phone with external GPS.

[aaaaapo]

Originally Posted by nick_santa83

Hi, I've a N70 which is a 2nd Ed, 3FP phone. I'm wondering if i can buy a GPS receiver and use it through Python. Is that possible? I came across codes for 3rd Edition phones to acess GPS but not sure if it will work in a 2nd Ed phone with external GPS.

The very Friendly Manual PythonForS60_1_4_1_doc.pdf says at page 55:

The positioning module provides basic access to the S60 position information 6 . The module can be e.g. used to access position information provided by external Bluetooth GPS-devices and by built-in GPS-receivers from S60 2nd Edition FP 2 onwards.

[neil.young]

Originally Posted by aaaaapo

The very Friendly Manual PythonForS60_1_4_1_doc.pdf says at page 55:..........

Pure theory. Did _not_ work at all on my N70 with Holux GPS.

But you'll always have the opportunity to read NMEA records directly via Bluetooth.

Regards

[nlsp]

I believe it is safe to say that when an external bluetooth GPS module works the native applications (sports tracker, maps, navigator) it will also work with python positioning module.

Best regards,

Niels

[neil.young]

Originally Posted by nlsp

I believe it is safe to say that when an external bluetooth GPS module works the native applications (sports tracker, maps, navigator) it will also work with python positioning module.

Best regards,

Niels

Right. On my N70 the sports tracker did not work at all...Unfortunately...