N95 gps hack

Don't miss out on the headlines from Companies. Followed categories will be added to My News. A rush for the public to secure N95 face masks has left some doctors in the lurch as demand outstrips supply. The chaos comes as people attempt to dodge the virus in Victoria and New South Wales as daily case tallies hit tens of thousands a day — this time with no restrictions.

N95s are made out of synthetic plastic fibre polypropylene and offer more protection than commonly worn cloth masks due to how they contour to the face. Despite the state government advising all medical professionals to opt for an N95, general practitioners say they have been left without steady supply, even as infections surge. Within each photograph, the location of the photographer is recorded like most GPS enabled camera. An additional set of data including yaw, pitch, and roll along with direction is also captured to understand where the camera is pointing when the image was taken.

This information is decoded using GeoSetter which puts the images on a map along with the field of view. Take a peek at the video below for the result of a trip around Sydney Harbour and the system in action. The Raspberry Pi Zero and camera combo are useful for a lot of things including this soldering microscope.

Not only can it simply log the GPS coordinates on a predetermined interval, it can also be triggered to make an entry by a wireless device. In this example, they use a camera. They had to do a little hacking on their camera to add the wireless transmitter, which triggers the logger.

I wasn't quite sure if the dual Bluetooth connections would work and at first it did not until I connected in the right order. Select your device and then tap on OK to save the setting. That's it for the GPS part, now you will need a data connection to download maps as you drive or travel around.

Tap on the connectivity settings icon and choose Select Connection. It really is quite simple and yet quite powerful. I did find that it does take some time to download the satellite and hybrid maps in Maemo Mapper so you may want to even preload maps before traveling and use the wireless data connection for email or surfing only done by your passenger while using the GPS. Developers are in short supply.

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