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GPS-Lowrance-0.20
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Changes for version 0.20

  • made send_a_waypoint synonym for set_a_waypoint to be consistent with LSI naming convention
  • added functional get_waypoints and set_waypoints methods
  • added GPS::Lowrance::Waypoints class for waypoints
  • added set_plot_trail
  • get_plot_trail is an autoloading method
  • removed AUTOLOAD, made module an AutoLoader
  • autoloaded get_* methods created in BEGIN statement instead
  • fixed reversed x and y for get_plot_trail_origin and get_plot_trail_deltas
  • added set_plot_trail_origin and _set_plot_trail_deltas
  • added GPX format to eg/extract-trail.pl
  • requires GPS::Lowrance::Trail 0.40
  • fixed typo in POD SYNOPSIS (thanks to Mike Castle <dalgoda at ix.netcom.com>)
  • added test cases for LSI restriction constants
  • converted hardcoded LSI restrictions to constants
  • additional comments in code and updates to documentation
  • additional assertions
  • DESTROY method disconnects
  • added test cases for some functions
  • added assertions to Geo::Coordinates::MercatorMeters
  • added signed_long and signed_int conversion functions
  • decoding of signed integers should now be machine independent

Modules

GPS::Lowrance
Connect to Lowrance and Eagle GPS devices
GPS::Lowrance::Screen
capture screen from GPS device
GPS::Lowrance::Waypoints
support for waypoints
Geo::Coordinates::MercatorMeters
Convert between mercator meters and degrees

Examples

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