gpslogger

gps-logger is Meego/Harmattan Nokia N9 GPS logging application, Licensed GPLv3. Original was written by George Ruinelli

short version

Install the original gps-logger.deb package, which should work already, then decide if you're happy with that one, or if you want abitily to pause/resume, and grab waypoints.

If this is the case, after successful installation and having confirmed the original gps-logger does work, overwrite part of it, as of sync script. You will need to get permission to overwrite these files, I can help, but you better already have some basic unix knowledge.

The map page does not work, not in the original (it needs nokia map which isn't there any more), not here (I don't know how to link to OSM).

longish version

I've forked this in order to update it. I found no app that would allow me see my position on a OSM map, then I came across this project, which says it achieves precisely this, so let's have a look.

1. it will not run on a vanilla N9, I am now in the process of collecting dependencies.
2. it has no setup.py script, and also no setup.cfg, so it's going to be a trial/failure/correct loop, let's see how far we come.

first failure:

user@theresia:~/MyDocs/Local/github/miurahr/gpslogger$ python main.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "main.py", line 9, in <module>
    from PySide.QtCore import *
ImportError: No module named PySide.QtCore

correction:

root@theresia:~$ apt-get install python-pyside
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libpyside1.0 libpython2.6 libshiboken1.0 python-pyside.phonon python-pyside.qtcore
  python-pyside.qtdeclarative python-pyside.qtgui python-pyside.qtnetwork 
  python-pyside.qtopengl python-pyside.qtscript python-pyside.qtsql python-pyside.qtsvg
  python-pyside.qtwebkit python-pyside.qtxml python-support
The following NEW packages will be installed
  libpyside1.0 libpython2.6 libshiboken1.0 python-pyside python-pyside.phonon 
  python-pyside.qtcore python-pyside.qtdeclarative python-pyside.qtgui 
  python-pyside.qtnetwork python-pyside.qtopengl python-pyside.qtscript
  python-pyside.qtsql python-pyside.qtsvg python-pyside.qtwebkit python-pyside.qtxml
  python-support
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failure:

file:///opt/gps-logger/qml/main.qml: File not found 

correction:

root@theresia:~$ ln -s /home/user/MyDocs/Local/github/miurahr/gpslogger/ /opt/gps-logger

now it does start, but it doesn't do much with the GPS signal. it does not activate the GPS, and if a different program does activate the GPS, gpslogger does not read the values.

trkpt elements in the gpx file look like this:

<trkpt lat="nan" lon="nan">
        <ele>0</ele>
        <time>2018-02-26T02:10:56Z</time>
        <desc>Lat.=nan, Long.=nan, Alt.=0m, Speed=-3.6Km/h</desc>
</trkpt>

also the map does not show at all, maybe (I'm guessing) it is using an obsolete OSM API?

I'll have a look at it in the following days.

I grabbed the (working) gps-logger by the original programmer, and installing it shows we need solving a few more dependecies:

Correcting dependencies...Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libffi5 python-gconf python-gobject

I gave up on getting OSM working, I've reduced my expectations to being able to record traces, and store waypoints. what I suggest is that you install the original software, then overwrite the qml and py files with what I've edited here. it works for me, and I am available for suggestions.