rockharrier
New Member
Hello,
I'm very new to UAV, and come more from the GPS/mapping/orthophotography side of things. I would like to take my UAV, and feed its current GPS location to my laptop computer as NMEA string through a virtualized COM port on the laptop. If I can accomplish this, then theoretically I should be able to show the live GPS location of the UAV in any mapping software that can consume a NMEA sentence through a COM.
My questions:
* Is this possible?
* If so, what hardware do I need to mount on the UAV?
* What hardware do I need on the ground?
* What software do I need on the Windows laptop?
For reference, I have a Phantom 4, but may be using any number of UAV types in the future.
Thanks for any help!
I'm very new to UAV, and come more from the GPS/mapping/orthophotography side of things. I would like to take my UAV, and feed its current GPS location to my laptop computer as NMEA string through a virtualized COM port on the laptop. If I can accomplish this, then theoretically I should be able to show the live GPS location of the UAV in any mapping software that can consume a NMEA sentence through a COM.
My questions:
* Is this possible?
* If so, what hardware do I need to mount on the UAV?
* What hardware do I need on the ground?
* What software do I need on the Windows laptop?
For reference, I have a Phantom 4, but may be using any number of UAV types in the future.
Thanks for any help!