Getting the GPS data from Adafruit GPS and displaying it on Arduino IoT Cloud

I am currently using an Adafruit Ultimate GPS FeatherWing to get my coordinates, and im trying to display them in the Arduino IoT cloud dashboard using the map widget. What do I need to fix to be able to correctly get the gps coordinates onto the map?

// Test code for Ultimate GPS Using Hardware Serial (e.g. GPS Flora or FeatherWing)
//
// This code shows how to listen to the GPS module via polling. Best used with
// Feathers or Flora where you have hardware Serial and no interrupt
//
// Tested and works great with the Adafruit GPS FeatherWing
// ------> https://www.adafruit.com/products/3133
// or Flora GPS
// ------> https://www.adafruit.com/products/1059
// but also works with the shield, breakout
// ------> https://www.adafruit.com/products/1272
// ------> https://www.adafruit.com/products/746
//
// Pick one up today at the Adafruit electronics shop
// and help support open source hardware & software! -ada
#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
#include <Adafruit_GPS.h>
#include "thingProperties.h" // Include the Arduino IoT Cloud library

// what's the name of the hardware serial port?
#define GPSSerial Serial2
#define RXPin 27
#define TXPin 26
SoftwareSerial GPS_Serial(RXPin, TXPin);

// Connect to the GPS on the hardware port
Adafruit_GPS GPS(&GPSSerial);

// Set GPSECHO to 'false' to turn off echoing the GPS data to the Serial console
// Set to 'true' if you want to debug and listen to the raw GPS sentences
#define GPSECHO true

uint32_t timer = millis();


void setup()
{
  //while (!Serial);  // uncomment to have the sketch wait until Serial is ready

  // connect at 115200 so we can read the GPS fast enough and echo without dropping chars
  // also spit it out
  Serial.begin(115200);

  // 9600 NMEA is the default baud rate for Adafruit MTK GPS's- some use 4800
  GPS.begin(9600);
  // uncomment this line to turn on RMC (recommended minimum) and GGA (fix data) including altitude
  GPS.sendCommand(PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCGGA);
  // uncomment this line to turn on only the "minimum recommended" data
  //GPS.sendCommand(PMTK_SET_NMEA_OUTPUT_RMCONLY);
  // For parsing data, we don't suggest using anything but either RMC only or RMC+GGA since
  // the parser doesn't care about other sentences at this time
  // Set the update rate
  GPS.sendCommand(PMTK_SET_NMEA_UPDATE_1HZ); // 1 Hz update rate
  // For the parsing code to work nicely and have time to sort thru the data, and
  // print it out we don't suggest using anything higher than 1 Hz

  initProperties();

  // Connect to Arduino IoT Cloud
  ArduinoCloud.begin(ArduinoIoTPreferredConnection);
  
  /*
     The following function allows you to obtain more information
     related to the state of network and IoT Cloud connection and errors
     the higher number the more granular information you’ll get.
     The default is 0 (only errors).
     Maximum is 4
 */
  setDebugMessageLevel(2);
  ArduinoCloud.printDebugInfo();

  // Request updates on antenna status, comment out to keep quiet
  GPS.sendCommand(PGCMD_ANTENNA);

  delay(1000);

  // Ask for firmware version
  GPSSerial.println(PMTK_Q_RELEASE);
}

void loop() // run over and over again
{
  ArduinoCloud.update();
  gpsRead();
}


void gpsRead(){
  
  // read data from the GPS in the 'main loop'
  char c = GPS.read();
  // if you want to debug, this is a good time to do it!
  if (GPSECHO)
  if (c) Serial.print(c);
  // if a sentence is received, we can check the checksum, parse it...
  if (GPS.newNMEAreceived()) {
    // a tricky thing here is if we print the NMEA sentence, or data
    // we end up not listening and catching other sentences!
    // so be very wary if using OUTPUT_ALLDATA and trying to print out data
    Serial.print(GPS.lastNMEA()); // this also sets the newNMEAreceived() flag to false
    if (!GPS.parse(GPS.lastNMEA())) // this also sets the newNMEAreceived() flag to false
      return; // we can fail to parse a sentence in which case we should just wait for another
  }
  
  GPS_Serial.listen();

  // approximately every 2 seconds or so, print out the current stats
  if (millis() - timer > 2000) {
    timer = millis(); // reset the timer

    Serial.println("Latidude: "); Serial.print(GPS.latitude, 6);
    Serial.println("Latidude: "); Serial.print(GPS.longitude, 6);


  }
}

Thanks for using code tags on your first post!

Please describe what your code should do, and what it does instead. What have you done in the way of debugging the problem?

Keep in mind that for the GPS to return valid coordinates, the unit (or the antenna) has to be outdoors, with a clear view of the sky.

Currently the code returns the correct coordinates in the Serial Monitor, but in the dashboard, the map only has a grey background with the location pin in the middle, which I then cant see where I am. I want it to display my current position on the map, and update it when called in the code.
Currently I have not tried any debugging steps, only google.
The gps does have a clear view of the sky, as I did infact get the proper coordinates.

Forgetting the GPS for the moment, have you worked through the introductory tutorials and successfully produced a map on the dashboard, with an arbitrarily chosen location marked?

If not, this might help: Displaying Location on IoT Cloud Map Widget - #5 by davidtorresgarcia

Hello iam facing the same issue

Please don't hijack this thread.

Open a new thread with all the necessary information about the project.

This topic was automatically closed 180 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.