GPS Data Forwarding Via Wifi? Nexus One To iPad & Touch...

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Nexus One and iPad-Wifi Only...

I don't know too much about this but was wondering if there was a way to send 
GPS information 
from the Nexus One to the iPad/iPod Touch for use with Google Maps and other 
location aware 
apps in the iPhone OS, while using Wifi tether?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bigcrai...@gmail.com on 5 Apr 2010 at 6:34

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I have been looking forward to this possibility for awhile as well. It would be 
a
huge deal for me. I am running a Droid with 2.1 (stock update). I'll have to 
wait
until that gets rooted to start using wifi-tether. I refused to wait a month and
spend an extra $130 just for GPS on the iPad 3G so I'm really hoping there is a 
way
to get the data from my Droid over wifi-tether (which I'm obviously using to get
Verizon 3G on an iPad with no extra cost).

Original comment by jedid...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2010 at 3:31

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bigcraig & jedidove, I ran this on Android 2.0.1 on my Moto Droid in 
conjunction 
with my 3rd gen iPod Touch and the iPod Touch got GPS data for Google Maps and 
other 
apps.  Don't know how; I didn't do anything special to either device (aside 
from the 
rooting & running WiFi tether).
Cheers

Original comment by kevin.ri...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2010 at 4:27

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:O O_o !? In a word, whoa.

That would be a miracle. It seems too good to be true though. Are you sure you
weren't just getting location data from Skyhook? The iPad can get location data 
from
nearby hotspots and personal routers that have been mapped by Skyhook. Apple 
set up a
deal with them. This is far from GPS though. Try a few things: do a whole bunch 
of
GPS related stuff while tethered like navigation, maps, etc. Then do them again 
while
not tethered to the Droid. Make sure you follow the same paths etc. Compare and 
contrast.

I would be pleasantly shocked if the Droid was really automatically providing 
GPS
location data. I would highly doubt this has anything to do with the Skyhook 
data
(otherwise they would have taps on where every wifi GPS phone was lol). Then it 
would
have to be some magic that the iPod touch took directly through the tether. 
Perhaps
the Droid ties location requests through it's internet connection. After all, 
when
you go to google.com the gps comes on and gets your location.

Please keep us updated. This is extremely exciting.

Original comment by jedid...@gmail.com on 6 Apr 2010 at 9:47

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I just rooted and installed wifi tether to my droid. I tried tethering to my 
iPad and
I don't think it is pushing GPS data. It just seems like the same old Skyhook 
WiFi
data. So Kevin must have gotten that confused with GPS data.

Can we get some more votes for this? Come on! It would be a killer feature.

Original comment by jedid...@gmail.com on 21 May 2010 at 6:28

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There is a android app called BlueNMEA that will push live gps data over 
bluetooth to your pc.  Obviously in NMEA format

Original comment by Exab...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2010 at 2:31

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I use this gps tethering for my carputers Google Earth navigation.

Original comment by Exab...@gmail.com on 21 Jun 2010 at 2:35

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search "Bluetooth GPS output" in android market. obviously thats over BT tho..

Original comment by cmeni...@gmail.com on 15 Nov 2010 at 12:18