[gpsd-users] Using gpsd vs gpsdecode

[Roy Barkas]

I currently use gpsdecode for decoding GPS NMEA/AIS messages received.  I load a copy of gpsdecode into a ramdisk and run it as an exec from PHP capturing JSON output.

This works fine and I don't currently have any bandwidth issues, but it strikes me as clunky, potentially unreliable and uber-oldschool (this is how I might have done this kind of thing 30 years ago).

Can I use gpsd in more or less the same way - i.e. feed it gps or AIS sentences via a socket and receive json back?

Thanks

RB