[Olsr-dev] adding latitude/longitude to txtinfo plugin

[Robert Wuttke]

On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 17:56 -0400, Joe Gio wrote: 
> On 06/09/2010 05:49 PM, Robert Wuttke wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 17:31 -0400, Joe Gio wrote:
> >    
> >> Remotely retrieving the location of nodes can be done with gpsd and the cgps utility.
> >>
> >> Joe
> >>      
> > This does not work for stationary devices where no gps-device is
> > attached nor a gpsd is running. I am working on a software for recording
> > live topologies of mesh-networks and so that I can then later "replay"
> > the changes in that mesh within an emulated testbest. The visualization
> > could profit from recorded geolocations since then they can be correctly
> > placed in software like Freimap.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> 
> I'm not sure I understand, if there is no gps device than how does the 
> node get coordinates ?
> 
> 
> Joe

The user adds them manually during the deployment of the node(s) in the
nameservice part of the config.

Robert