[Interest] QGeoPositionInfoSource on Windows 10

[Maurice Kalinowski]

Hi,

> 
> Thanks Maurice for your reply,
> 
> Yes I was referring to a classical widget app running on windows desktop.
> 
> So I will wait a bit for that, seems difficult to manage since app is running on a
> variety of Windows versions, including not so few XP users... BTW that is
> limiting a lot distribution on window's tablets like Surface, isn't it? I hope one
> day it will be as easy as it is on Android and iOS...

 [Kalinowski Maurice] 
Surfaces are running Windows 8.1 at least if not Windows 10. Hence you can use either approach (WinRT app and desktop app using Windows Runtime). Basically you leave out Windows 7 and earlier. 

Maurice



> 
> Philippe.
> 
> Le 02-06-2016 08:56, Maurice Kalinowski a écrit :
> > Hi,
> >
> > I assume that you are referring to classic apps when you talk about
> > Windows 10?
> >
> > WinRT covers Windows Store Apps, meaning in case you have a universal
> > app, then Qt Positioning is supported, given that the Broadcom chip
> > works properly. But that is a driver thing.
> >
> > In case you want to develop a classic / desktop app, you could try
> > https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/159330/ This enables the WinRT
> > Geolocation API for desktop builds in 5.7. However, this has
> > implications on the versions of Windows you can run this application
> > on and potentially have additional requirements.
> >
> > For full "classic" desktop applications there was no unifying API and
> > makers have always provided separate SDKs for those chips. Hence
> > GeoLocation is a huge step into the right direction.
> >
> > BR,
> > Maurice
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Interest [mailto:interest-bounces+maurice.kalinowski=qt.io at qt-
> >> project.org] On Behalf Of maitai
> >> Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2016 6:09 AM
> >> To: Interest at qt-project.org
> >> Subject: [Interest] QGeoPositionInfoSource on Windows 10
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I can read here http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtpositioning-index.html
> >>
> >> "Currently the API is supported on Android, iOS, OS X, Linux (using
> >> GeoClue version 0.12.99), Windows (with GPS receivers exposed as a
> >> serial port providing NMEA sentences), and WinRT (using
> >> Windows.Devices.Geolocation)."
> >>
> >> Question 1: Does it means there is no way so far to use an internal
> >> GPS on windows 10? I have a user with a Samsung tablet/Windows 10
> >> equipped with broadcom GNSS 4752 / Global Navigation Satellite System
> >> (GNSS) who is asking why it doesn't work like on Android or iOS...
> >>
> >>
> >> When I try QGeoPositionInfoSource on my Windows 10 machine (no gps
> >> internal nor external), I see these messages in the console:
> >>
> >> Available position sources: ("serialnmea", "geoclue")
> >> serialnmea: No known GPS device found. Specify the COM port via
> >> QT_NMEA_SERIAL_PORT.
> >> positioning method: All methods
> >> minimum update interval (pos)= 1000
> >> Failed to create Geoclue client interface. Geoclue error:
> >> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected
> >>
> >> Question 2: Does it means there is a way to use Geoclue on windows?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Philippe Lelong
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