nmea

[Roy Smith]

In article <iMCdnf4rjumiyMbSnZ2dnUVZ_uydnZ2d at mweb.com>,
 "Johannes Wagner" <jpwagner at mweb.co.za> wrote:

> can any1 help me on how to get python to read nmea data?

I assume you're talking about National Marine Electronics Association, 
i.e. the protocol GPSs use to talk to plotters and the like?  A quick 
google search for "nmea python" found a bunch of good hits.  This one 
looks like it's probably where you want to start.

http://blog.scaryclam.co.uk/2011/07/22/pynmea-a-python-nmea-library/