How would i get all this to send to googlemaps and send back a link

[YitEarp]

So ongoing from my other threads hope there isn't too many!
The GPS part is working fine and parsing through pynmea module and i get a location fix which is very accurate

However now i want to be able to send this location data to googlemaps and have it pull that data and send me an SMS with the link of location but with the while true statement it will just keep looping GPS data. Don't want that i need it to end but allow me to carry on with the SMS commands after its done getting a location

Anyone know any sources for reading material to get this working ?

Everything i have seen is written for arduino and i tried to make it work through python but failed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQnjlwf-8yQ

I have looked into possibly sending the data via googlemaps api through http but this modem only supports 2G which is 385kb/s max which i don't think would be enough plus its only a testing ground for now anyway so thats not important.

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#!/usr/bin/python

import serial, time, pynmea2


#Enable Serial Communication
ser = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyS0", baudrate=9600, timeout=1)
#Transmitting AT Commands to the Modem
#\r indicates the Enter key

ser.flushOutput()
ser.flushInput()

ser.write('AT'+'\r') #Check to see if modem is responding
str = ser.readline()
print str
time.sleep(5)

ser.write('AT+CGNSPWR=1,AT+CGPSSTATUS=?'+'\r') #Turns on the GPS power

while str.find ("Location") > 1:
    print ('Waiting for a fix - ',str)
    ser.flushInput()
    ser.flushOutput()
    time.sleep(15)
    str = ser.readline(100)


ser.write('AT+CGPSOUT=32'+'\r') #Outputs raw NMEA data
str = ser.readline()
print str
time.sleep(3)


ser.write('AT+CGNSTST=1'+'\r') #Starts sending data to UART
str = ser.readline()
print str
time.sleep(5)


#Parsing Raw NMEA data through pynmea2

ser.flushInput()
ser.flushOutput()
def parseGPS(str):
    if str.find("GGA") > 0:
        data = pynmea2.parse(str)
        print "Timestamp: %s -- Lat: %s %s -- Lon: %s %s " % (data.timestamp, data.latitude, data.lat_dir, data.longitude, data.lon_dir)


while True:
    str = ser.readline()
    parseGPS(str)

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#!/usr/bin/python

import serial
import time

ser = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyS0", baudrate=9600, timeout=1)

ser.write('ATE=0'+'\r\n')
ser.read()
print ser
time.sleep(.1)

ser.write('AT+CMGF=1'+'\r\n')
ser.read(10)
print ser
time.sleep(.1)
ser.write('AT+CNMI=2,1,0,0,0'+'\r\n')
ser.read(10)
print ser
time.sleep(.1)

ser.write('AT+CMGS="xxxxxxxxxxx"'+'\r\n')
ser.read(10)
print ser
time.sleep(.1)

ser.write('something http://googlemaps=loc etc etc'+'\r\n')
ser.read(10)
print ser
time.sleep(.1)

ser.write("\x1A")
for i in range(10):
    ser.read(10)
    print ser

[Andyroo]

You could spin the map routine off into its own thread or use the multiprocessing functions in python.

That would let you continue with the serial read.

Unless you need to have the pin permanently on the map you can bypass the whole Google API and use the location as part of the URL in this format:

https://www.google.com/maps?q=52.1942651,0.1346089

This results in this if you click here

[Andyroo]

Sorry - should apologise for using the Foundation address as the pin ‘target’

[YitEarp]

You could spin the map routine off into its own thread or use the multiprocessing functions in python.

That would let you continue with the serial read.

Unless you need to have the pin permanently on the map you can bypass the whole Google API and use the location as part of the URL in this format:

https://www.google.com/maps?q=52.1942651,0.1346089

This results in this if you click here

You lost me at You could spin

Do you mean manually input the data in a browser?

what i really want to know is how to grab the location data thats output and pass it into the SMS like you posted there i've seen it goes something like https://googlemaps.com/maps?=loc/ but i don't know how to achieve it yet!

This is the arduino code i gather its working by grabbing modules as python would.

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void loop() {
  sendTabData("AT+CGNSINF",1000,DEBUG);
  if (state !=0) {
    Serial.println("State  :"+state);
    Serial.println("Time  :"+timegps);
    Serial.println("Latitude  :"+latitude);
    Serial.println("Longitude  :"+longitude);

    sim808.print("AT+CMGS=\"");
    sim808.print(phone_no);
    sim808.println("\"");
    
    delay(300);

    sim808.print("http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:");
    sim808.print(latitude);
    sim808.print(",");
    sim808.print (longitude);
    delay(200);
    sim808.println((char)26); // End AT command with a ^Z, ASCII code 26
    delay(200);
    sim808.println();
    delay(20000);
    sim808.flush();
    
  } else {
    Serial.println("GPS Initialising...");

[Andyroo]

Please do not take this the wrong way but you may do best to spend an hour or two looking at an intro to python. The first eight of these https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL- ... FUiLCjGgY7 will help significantly to understand the basics.

Your code already shows that you have the latitude and longitude from the GPS so it’s a simple case of processing that into a string and then sending that as the text of the SMS. You also have the AT commands (the instructions for the GPRS module) listed.

As for the ‘spin’ statement - ignore that as you do not need to run the serial routine at the same time as the URL build as you are just sending a text via the AT commands.

[YitEarp]

Please do not take this the wrong way but you may do best to spend an hour or two looking at an intro to python. The first eight of these https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL- ... FUiLCjGgY7 will help significantly to understand the basics.

Your code already shows that you have the latitude and longitude from the GPS so it’s a simple case of processing that into a string and then sending that as the text of the SMS. You also have the AT commands (the instructions for the GPRS module) listed.

As for the ‘spin’ statement - ignore that as you do not need to run the serial routine at the same time as the URL build as you are just sending a text via the AT commands.

Not at all I welcome any learning. I’ve been watching a few beginner guides and I have a python for beginners book which I reference as I learn. I would like to find a good course where I can learn within a space of 2-3 months as right now a lot is confusing to me even though pycharm does help correct errors.

I am having fun learning. Thank you for the info

[YitEarp]

Very messy but functional just need to know how i can call a function to grab the string from lat and long for pasting into googlemaps link.

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#!/usr/bin/python

import serial, time, pynmea2

# Enable Serial Communication
ser = serial.Serial("/dev/ttyS0", baudrate=9600, timeout=1)
# Transmitting AT Commands to the Modem
# \r indicates the Enter key

ser.flushOutput()
ser.flushInput()

ser.write('AT' + '\r\n')  # Check to see if modem is responding
ser.read(10)
print ser.read(10)
time.sleep(.1)
ser.flushInput()
ser.flushOutput()


ser.write('AT+CGNSPWR=1,AT+CGPSSTATUS=?' + '\r')  # Turns on the GPS power
str = ser.read()
print str
time.sleep(15)
ser.flushInput()
ser.flushOutput()

ser.write('AT+CGPSOUT=32' + '\r')  # Outputs raw NMEA data
str = ser.readline()
print str
time.sleep(.1)
ser.flushInput()
ser.flushOutput()



ser.write('AT+CGNSTST=1' + '\r')  # Starts sending data to UART
str = ser.readline()
print str
time.sleep(.1)
ser.flushInput()
ser.flushOutput()

# Parsing Raw NMEA data through pynmea2

ser.flushInput()
ser.flushOutput()


def parseGPS(str):
    if str.find("GGA") > 0:
        data = pynmea2.parse(str)
        print "Timestamp: %s -- Lat: %s %s -- Lon: %s %s " % (
        data.timestamp, data.latitude, data.lat_dir, data.longitude, data.lon_dir)

    else:
        print("Waiting for Fix")


while True:
    str = ser.readline()
    parseGPS(str)
    print(str)
    break

ser.write('AT+CGPSPWR=0'+'\r\n')

ser.write('AT+CMGF=1'+'\r\n')
ser.read(10)
print ser
time.sleep(.1)
ser.write('AT+CNMI=2,1,0,0,0'+'\r\n')
ser.read(10)
print ser
time.sleep(.1)

ser.write('AT+CMGS="mobile.no"'+'\r\n')
ser.read(10)
print ser
time.sleep(.1)

ser.write('How do i grab lat and lon and paste into a googlemaplink??'+'\r\n')
ser.read(10)
print ser
time.sleep(.1)

ser.write("\x1A")
for i in range(10):
    ser.read(10)
    print ser

[Andyroo]

The simplest way to convert a number to a string is to use the ‘str()’ function like this

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str(data.latitude)

These can be joined to text (concatenation) by the the ‘+’ operator

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print('The latitude value is ' + str(data.latitude))

and assigned to variables as normal

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a_string_variable = str(data.latitude)

[YitEarp]

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def parse_gps(incoming_data):

    if incoming_data.find("GGA") > 0:
        data = pynmea2.parse(incoming_data)
        # print("Timestamp: %s // Lat: %s  // Lon: %s // Satellites: %s  " % (data.timestamp, data.latitude,
        #                                                                     data.longitude, data.num_sats))
        return data

        # Debug
        #print("Satellites: %s " % data.num_sats)



while True:
    gps_fix = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
    parse_gps(gps_fix)
    d = data.num_sats
    if d > 7:
    break

I am having trouble with my while loop
i want to get data from the num_sats and say > 7:
break

But everything i try isn't working any tips?

[Andyroo]

You need to indent the break beyond the IF:

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while True:
    gps_fix = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
    parse_gps(gps_fix)
    d = data.num_sats
    if d > 7:
       break

[YitEarp]

You need to indent the break beyond the IF:

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while True:
    gps_fix = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
    parse_gps(gps_fix)
    d = data.num_sats
    if d > 7:
       break

That is what I thought and have previously tried however I can’t set d to the variable I want as it doesn’t know what data.num_sats is.

I know that it’s a call to pynmea2.parse so I have data.lat, data.lon etc and pynmea2 parses through those.

What could I do to make this work?

[Andyroo]

My bad - I just looked at the break and not the code before

Try:

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def parse_gps(incoming_data):

    if incoming_data.find("GGA") > 0:
        data = pynmea2.parse(incoming_data)
        # Debug prints
        # print("Timestamp: %s // Lat: %s  // Lon: %s // Satellites: %s  " % (data.timestamp, data.latitude,
        #                                                                     data.longitude, data.num_sats))
        # print("Satellites: %s " % data.num_sats)
        return data


while True:
    gps_fix = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
    gps_data = parse_gps(gps_fix)
    if gps_data.num_sats > 7:
        break

[YitEarp]

My bad - I just looked at the break and not the code before

Try:

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def parse_gps(incoming_data):

    if incoming_data.find("GGA") > 0:
        data = pynmea2.parse(incoming_data)
        # Debug prints
        # print("Timestamp: %s // Lat: %s  // Lon: %s // Satellites: %s  " % (data.timestamp, data.latitude,
        #                                                                     data.longitude, data.num_sats))
        # print("Satellites: %s " % data.num_sats)
        return data


while True:
    gps_fix = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
    gps_data = parse_gps(gps_fix)
    if gps_data.num_sats > 7:
        break

Thank you that looks like it could work will test it tomorrow when home. It was the logic of accessing a variable outside of a function I struggled with In terms of logic.

Will let you know!

[YitEarp]

Sadly that didn't work
I've been trying to learn as much as i can without throwing code in and hoping for the best but these conditional statements confuse the heck out of me.

I get this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/tmp/pycharm_project_812/gps.py", line 41, in <module>
if gps_data.num_sats > 7:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'num_sats'

Process finished with exit code 1

[YitEarp]

Sadly that didn't work
I've been trying to learn as much as i can without throwing code in and hoping for the best but these conditional statements confuse the heck out of me.

I get this error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/tmp/tmp/pycharm_project_812/gps.py", line 41, in <module>
if gps_data.num_sats > 7:
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'num_sats'

Process finished with exit code 1

I know (i think) that NoneType means empty. I don't know if this is an issue with the code or ser.readline not able to pick out num_sats which is part of the pynmea2 module.
?? ?? sigh...

[Andyroo]

So this is how I would work out what the issue is

First, think through the possible errors:
It could be nothing coming out of the serial read
It could be different data coming out of the GPS so data is not being set up
It could be the parse_gps routine not working at all so we need to see what is coming out of that
It could be the GGA data not having num_sats in it

(Hint - The issue will be due to the incoming data not having GGA in it. If this is not found in the string, the output in data will be empty rather than from parse_gps and as it does not have the num_sats element the 'if' command will error)

So lets put a bit of debugging print code in to find out what is coming out of the data stream and stop the error killing the program dead:

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def parse_gps(incoming_data):

    # Set data up to tell us if no GGA is found - if GGA is found it will be overwritten by the pynmea2 routine if thats returning anything
    data = 'Not a GGA output'
    
    if incoming_data.find("GGA") > 0:
        data = pynmea2.parse(incoming_data)
        
        # Check output from the pynmea routine
        print("Timestamp: %s // Lat: %s  // Lon: %s // Satellites: %s  " % (data.timestamp, data.latitude, data.longitude, data.num_sats))
        
        # I cannot remember if this is the correct command or syntax so I've put a try / except around it
        # This tries the command(s) and if an error occurs it does not tell you but goes to the except block of code and runs that
        # The except block just has the pass command and does nothing so any errors go on to the next line
    
        # If I have this correct it will list all the elements in gps_data  - the command may just be dir(gps_data) with no print
        try:
            print("GPS Data has:")
            print(dir(gps_data))
        except:
            pass
            
        # NOTE I'm now returning data even if the 'IF' command is not executed by dropping the indent back to the same as the start of the IF command
        # data will now have my text from the top OR the output of the parse routine
    return data
    
while True:
    gps_fix = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
    
    # Check what we got back from the GPS
    print("Serial read completed")
    print("GPS sent ", gps_fix)
    
    gps_data = parse_gps(gps_fix)
     
    # Use the try / pass command - checks if error occurs - if so just ignores it and will loop around again
    try:
        if gps_data.num_sats > 7:
            break
    except:
        pass

Now I hope this will give you lots of text till it gets a lock with 8+ satellites (may not happen indoors) and then end. The break may only take you out of the try / except rather than the while loop - I cannot remember

If it does not end - use ctrl-c a few times to stop it Make sure you save it first...

I'm not going to be around this afternoon or tonight - my daughter is coming home as she is setting off at 5AM tomorrow to sail from Aberdeen!

Hope this will keep you going

[Andyroo]

Have a look at this for if / else statements

http://anh.cs.luc.edu/handsonPythonTuto ... ments.html

Copy the text, run it and play with them

[YitEarp]

Have a look at this for if / else statements

http://anh.cs.luc.edu/handsonPythonTuto ... ments.html

Copy the text, run it and play with them

Thank You that put my brain into work and gave me the idea for the fix

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while True:
    gps_fix = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
    gps_data = parse_gps(gps_fix)
    if gps_data is not None and int(gps_data.num_sats) > 7:
        break

[YitEarp]

Have a look at this for if / else statements

http://anh.cs.luc.edu/handsonPythonTuto ... ments.html

Copy the text, run it and play with them

Thank You that put my brain into work and gave me the idea for the fix EDIT: I missed your code breakdown above that is something i will use in the future to debug seems logical! Thanks again.

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while True:
    gps_fix = ser.readline().decode('ascii')
    gps_data = parse_gps(gps_fix)
    if gps_data is not None and int(gps_data.num_sats) > 7:
        break

[Andyroo]

Glad you got there.

My daughter has had second breakfast and lunch (think she is a hobbit by life choice) and should be in Bonny Scotland by now.

The other thing to think about is splitting the IF into the two parts as separate lines. To my mind this is easier to read as you have the dreaded ‘not none’ statement I get in a right twist when I read that esp. when it’s followed by a check of the same variable.

I honestly think it’s my age

[scruss]

Once you get the format fully working, most mobile phones support geo: URIs, eg:
[url]geo:43.6478,-79.5821[/url]

Its support on anything but mobile can be a bit spotty, but it's a long-established standard - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5870 - that can save a lot of data formatting hassle.