GPS data streamed from your iPhone: GPS2IP

[Mike - W4HOO]

I don't know where this fits quite yet, but this iPhone app lets you send real GPS data via IP or BLE to another device. I've got it connected to the QTH app on macOS right now using BLE and it works great. I want to add GPS to my DigiPi mobile setup and was looking for a way to do this without having to keep a GPS dongle (and thus the DigiPi) exposed to a clear shot of the sky. If I'm missing something here, let me know! https://capsicumdreams.com/gps2ip/

[Craig]

Hey Mike, it's possible, but I've not tried it.

Using the BT Serial Port protocol and gpsd is feasible.  However, iirc, IOS
doesn't support BT Serial?

You could/should pair your phone, then try

rfcomm bind rfcomm0 <mac_address> <channel>
sudo systemctl stop gpsd
sudo gpsd -N -n -b /dev/rfcomm0
cgps


if that works, you can add those gpsd options to /etc/default/gpsd


and let us know please,
-craig
KM6LYW

On 5/13/26 07:50, Mike - W4HOO wrote:

I don't know where this fits quite yet, but this iPhone app lets you send real GPS data via IP or BLE to another device. I've got it connected to the QTH app on macOS right now using BLE and it works great. I want to add GPS to my DigiPi mobile setup and was looking for a way to do this without having to keep a GPS dongle (and thus the DigiPi) exposed to a clear shot of the sky. If I'm missing something here, let me know! https://capsicumdreams.com/gps2ip/ --
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