Virtual GPS 1.56
GPS Simulator
Virtual
GPS is a GPS (Global Positioning System) simulator software.
You can use it to emulate a GPS receiver unit connected to your
computer or analyze various GPS sources. It's ideal when you
need GPS input, but you have no signal or you can use it to
test your GPS applications. It supports various NMEA 0183 sentences,
so it can be used with any GPS mapping software. NMEA 0183 (or
NMEA for short) is a combined electrical and data specification
for communication between marine electronic devices such as
echo sounder, sonars, Anemometer (winds speed and direction),
gyrocompass, autopilot, GPS receivers and many other types of
instruments. It has been defined by, and is controlled by, the
US-based National Marine Electronics Association.
Supported NMEA sentences: GPGLL, GPGGA, GPVTG, GPRMC, GPGSA,
GPGSV, GPZDA, GPWPL, GPRTE, GPAAM.
Supported satellites: GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo.
It operates
in three modes: simulator mode, file mode and real GPS mode.
In simulator mode the latitude and longitude coordinates are
periodically incremented with a defined step. In file mode the
GPS data is loaded from a text file which contains NMEA 0183
sentences. In real GPS mode the GPS data is coming from a real
GPS receiver.
The GPS data can be transmitted periodically to a serial port
(UDP ports are also supported). To get the output of the simulator,
you can use a null-modem cable which interconnects two physical
serial or USB ports, or you can interconnect two bluetooth or
Irda ports, or you can use one of the virtual serial port software
from the market, which emulates two interconnected serial ports
like: Free
Virtual Serial Ports Emulator by ETERLOGIC,
Null-modem emulator (com0com),
Virtual
Serial Port Kit, Virtual
Serial Port Driver and others. Another possible application
of the software is to broadcast the output of the simulator
through serial, USB, bluetooth or IrDA connections.
If the Map
section does not work with OSM, try the following settings in
Microsoft Edge:
Enable the local site list experience:
To enable the local site list experience, users can go to the
URL edge://settings/defaultBrowser and set Allow sites to be
reloaded in Internet Explorer mode to Allow.
In the Internet Explorer
mode pages list add http://localhost

Supported
Operating Systems:
Windows 2000/XP/Server2003/Vista/Server2008/7/8/Server2012/10/11
License:
Shareware
Trial
version limitations: Expires after 30 days.
Attention:
Starting with 2018, in order to use the map section, you have
to use a valid Google Maps JavaScript API key. You can get it
from here
for free! After you have it, go to the installation folder,
config subfolder, edit the settings.ini file and enter your
API key in the GoogleMapsApiKey field.
You
can freely use this program within 30 days from the date of
installation. A necessary condition of the further usage of
Virtual GPS is the registration of this product.
One license of Virtual GPS is available for one computer. You can
check the volume discount prices in the table below:
The product
is delivered by e-mail.
Once you register Virtual GPS all future upgrades will be free!
In accordance with the extension of Virtual GPS' functions we
shall increase the price of registration. Therefore register
it right now!
What's
new:
- Open Street Map support
- GPX file support
- export map to file
- new params: Magnetic Deviation and Magnetic Deviation Direction
- new params: Heading and Magnetic Heading
- compass support
- $GPHDT, $GPHDM, $GPHDG support
- Quasi-Zenith satellites support
- Galileo satellites support
- Fixes
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