Plot boat/ship position

[el_pirata]

Dear,

I have developed simple boat simulator, where physics is based on square drag law with neglected wave resistance (small Fr number). There is throttle and rudder control in plans are also thrusters.

I would like to use OpenCPN to plot my position and heading on the map. Got the code from github and try to crack the plotter, but I would need an additional help, code is very complex. Can someone of the OpenCPN developers give me a hint in which class can I find the boat position and course plotter.

I plan to release simulator under free license when stable.

Thank for any hints/help + cheers,
Sandro

[seandepagnier]

simply feed it nmea position data over a socket

[el_pirata]

Great. With your hint I found the connection and the example how to do it

Nmea Server for Tests | Official OpenCPN Homepage

Thanks + Cheers,
Sandro