Re: [Gpslib4j-devel] Joining GPSLib4J

[Patrick V. <pa...@th...>]

Hi Todd, welcome Oliver.

I've been pretty inactive lately. Mainly because the lib is doing what I=20
need.

I don't care about CVS or subversion. So, if you rather have subversion,=20
feel free.

I'll just check if I don't have non-commited changes before you do the=20
switch. I fixed some concurency problem (the reader thread pinging the=20
GPS while some data was sent to the GPS)...

CU




Todd Kuebler wrote:
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> [Sending this to our dev list, but ccing both of you in case you aren't=
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> subscribed to it.]
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> Welcome Oliver to our little team.  I'm back in the swing of things=20
> after a major medical emergency and it's on my todo list to get a new=20
> version out by christmas that encorporates Patrick's contributions and=20
> an example app I've been meaning to put in there that uses his  new=20
> patterns too.
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> Oliver you should have access to cvs repostitory now.  The way we've=20
> worked so far is that any major changes people are thinking of are=20
> suggested and discussed before doing any work or committing.  I'm open=20
> to ideas on that too, we've been pretty informal so far and its worked.=
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> :)   So far we are writing to java 1.4.x, although I think we may be=20
> able to switch to 1.5 soon.  I like to keep it compatible with as many=20
> people as possible.
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> btw guys, what do you think of switching to subversion?  they offer it=20
> now and I like it better than CVS, use it for my home projects.  CVS is=
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> fine though, so wouldn't mind staying there either.
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> -tk
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> On Oct 18, 2006, at 1:32 AM, oliver Hurley wrote:
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>> I am a Java Developer (professionally Oracle DBA).  Datum transforms=20
>> seem to be a logical and fairly straight forward addition to make to=20
>> GPSLib4J.  The library already contains the functionality to convert=20
>> the polar coordinates of WGS84 into radians.  Datum conversion would=20
>> be a matter of adding the necessary methods to the IPosition interface=
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>> Differential GPS is a radically different concept from the handheld=20
>> GPS, which allows a much greater accuracy to be achieved.  I have=20
>> attached a PDF which gives a very concise summary of its principles.
>>
>> Oliver Hurley
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>>
>>> From: Todd Kuebler <to...@ku...>
>>> To: Oliver <og...@us...>
>>> CC: tku...@us...
>>> Subject: Re: Joining GPSLib4J
>>> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:22:56 -0700
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry for the long delay in replying, I lost this in the shuffle.    =
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>>> Are you a Java programmer and would you like to add the datum =20
>>> tranform functionality?  We are looking for more developers on the =20
>>> project.   Also, adding support for different GPS units is high on =20
>>> the priority.
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>>> If you aren't a devloper, or dont have interest that's ok. :)  Can =20
>>> you give me some links to DGPS and the conversions you talk about?
>>>
>>> -tk
>>>
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>>> On Sep 28, 2006, at 3:23 AM, Oliver wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> Message body follows:
>>>>
>>>> Username:Oliver id:ogh100
>>>>
>>>> I have been using the original Sorensen library to convert
>>>> WSG84 coordinates to OS_1936 (British datum).  Would you be
>>>> interested in adding datum transformation functionality to
>>>> GPSLib4J. I have experience of surveying using Differential
>>>> GPS, would you be interested in building some support for
>>>> DGPS into GPSLib4J?
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards
>>>>
>>>> Oliver Hurley
>>>>
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