Create Your Own GPS Applications Using C# (5)
Continuing with our GPS program, we now need to add a method to read from the GPS device. This step will grab the NMEA information, parse it, and store it in the classes provided in from the Coding 4...
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Using the information in the previous 3 posts, we can now build our own GPS solution based on the Coding 4 Fun project. Our objective is to create a DLL that can be used in future projects that need to...
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As I mentioned before, Microsoft’s Coding 4 Fun GPS project contains a math error when calculating latitude and longitude. I’ll first provide a brief review of the NMEA protocol to better understand...
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Before reading, be sure to review part 1 and download the Coding 4 Fun GPS Program. After opening the GPS program in Visual C# Express Edition, you will note that the Coding for Fun project is actually...
View ArticleCreate Your Own GPS Application Using C# (1)
Have you ever wanted to connect to a GPS device within your own custom application? In the past, this was a difficult task for the average programmer using languages like C++. Fortunately, Microsoft’s...
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