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Hello, I search for a GPS software to plot in realtime my position into AutoCAD maps.
I don't know if there is any AutoCAD plugin to capture a GPS track but there might be other ways.
You can buy GPS receivers that store the track as a series of individual points with their lat/long locations and times for each point. It should not be difficult to import these into AutoCAD and join them together to show the track in an AutoCAD map. That is assuming the AutoCAD map contains the necessary basemap coordinates within it so the points from the track file will be positioned properly on the map.
That's only one example. There are others but they all relate to the ability of GPS receivers or GPS programs that can capture track data. Once you have that data there are many things you can do with it.
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You can buy GPS receivers that store the track as a series of individual points with their lat/long locations and times for each point. It should not be difficult to import these into AutoCAD and join them together to show the track in an AutoCAD map. That is assuming the AutoCAD map contains the necessary basemap coordinates within it so the points from the track file will be positioned properly on the map.
That's only one example. There are others but they all relate to the ability of GPS receivers or GPS programs that can capture track data. Once you have that data there are many things you can do with it.
...ken...
Franson GPSGate is an application that record an NMEA log.
I'm not sure how well an NMEA log will work as a track file. I think it would take much work to make it useful.
The NMEA log contains all the raw NMEA data protocol. You would need some way to parse it to get just the track data you need.
A track file contains just entries for each data point on the track with only the date/time stamp and location (lat/long) for each point along the track.
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The NMEA log contains all the raw NMEA data protocol. You would need some way to parse it to get just the track data you need.
A track file contains just entries for each data point on the track with only the date/time stamp and location (lat/long) for each point along the track.
...ken...