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#include "GPSTracker.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

GPSTracker::GPSTracker(GPSI2C& gps) :
    _gps(gps),
    _thread(GPSTracker::thread_func, this),
    _positionSet(false)
{
}

bool GPSTracker::position(GPSTracker::Position *position)
{
    bool result;
    
    _mutex.lock();
    if (_positionSet) {
        memcpy(position, &_position, sizeof(GPSTracker::Position));
        _positionSet = false;
        result = true;
    } else {
        result = false;
    }
    _mutex.unlock();
    
    return result;
}

void GPSTracker::thread()
{
    char buf[256], chr; // needs to be that big otherwise mdm isn't working
    int ret, len, n;
    double altitude, latitude, longitude;
    
    while (true) {
        ret = _gps.getMessage(buf, sizeof(buf));
        if (ret <= 0) {
            Thread::wait(100);
            continue;
        }
        
        len = LENGTH(ret);
        if ((PROTOCOL(ret) != GPSParser::NMEA) || (len <= 6))
            continue;

        // we're only interested in fixed GPS positions
        // we are not interested in invalid data
        if ((strncmp("$GPGGA", buf, 6) != 0) ||
            (!_gps.getNmeaItem(6, buf, len, n, 10)) || (n == 0))
            continue;
        
        // get altitude, latitude and longitude
        if ((!_gps.getNmeaAngle(2, buf, len, latitude)) ||
            (!_gps.getNmeaAngle(4, buf, len, longitude)) ||
            (!_gps.getNmeaItem(9, buf, len, altitude)) ||
            (!_gps.getNmeaItem(10, buf, len, chr)) ||
            (chr != 'M'))
            continue;

        _mutex.lock();
        _position.altitude = altitude;
        _position.latitude = latitude;
        _position.longitude = longitude;
        _positionSet = true;
        _mutex.unlock();
    }
}

void GPSTracker::thread_func(void const *arg)
{
    GPSTracker *that;
    that = (GPSTracker*)arg;
    that->thread();
}