[ros-users] Standard GPS Message

[Bill Morris]

I want to see if the GPS message format can be standardized, and I was
wondering if anyone had pointers on what steps need to be taken to get
the message format(s) considered for the D-Turtle release.

The review process for camera_info_manager seemed to work well enough so
perhaps something like that can be used.

Right now I'm writing a driver for a GPS that does not work with gpsd,
and our lab is working on building some graphical GPS tools so it is
probably a good time to standardize the message format before we get
much further.

I think the gpsd message format looks like a good start, but I would
also like to see some sort of waypoint format as well. This will help
ensure that all of the tools developed are interoperable.

Current Formats
http://www.ros.org/doc/api/gpsd_client/html/msg/GPSStatus.html
http://www.ros.org/doc/api/applanix/html/msg/GpsInfo.html

Are there any other GPS formats in use?