How to use Neo 6M GPS module with Raspberry Pi and Python

In this video you will see how to use Neo 6M GPS module with Raspberry Pi and also how to write a python code to access that GPS data.
You can find all the codes used in this video in the following link:

[michalsejak]

The park right next to your house looks great 😊

[tomtamjimjams]

Thank you sir for the good video. My GPS works on my Raspberry Pi 3B+ (it is blinking Red on the GPS LED), but using /dev/ttyAMA0 returns no coordinates even after half an hour of waiting. Do I have to be outdoors under the sky to see some data? I was working on this indoors. Thank you sir.

[stevenbeckers]

Hi thanks for the tutorial. I did follow all the steps and it worked after some reboots I now get the error [Errno13] could not open port /dev/ttyAMA0:[Errno13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyAMA0'.
I did enter the code in Geany and as mentioned at first it worked fine.
All settings are still the same as mentioned in your tutorial. Did something change after reboot?
What can be the problem?

[bandido]

I have a USB GPS and it's working fine without touching ttyAMA0. The USB GPS has ttyACM0. How will I use that with your program.

[brcisna]

Hi Sparklers, Can you give any insight how this same GPS module could be wired into an Acer Chromebook R11? Have install Android-x86 on the Chromebook and now need GPS for a drone app to work. I don't have any schematics for the mobo of this model. How would i ever find the TX solder pad on the mobo? I know nothing about pinouts etc. I have done some soldering on mobos many years ago. Thank You

[robertocarloscaruso]

IT WORKS FINE. DO YOU HAVE ANY VIDEO SO THE GPS CAN SYCHRO WITH THE RASPBERRY CLOCK?

[geirha]

How can we assign Neo 6M GPS module as a static serial device in raspberry pi. So it always binds to a one name only.

[broadcastingutkarsh]

hey bro, i am not getting any consistent data, was that the problm with u too ... do i need to use a costlier gps ?

[marcellohart]

I get no LED light at all. No solid light nor a blinking light to show a fix. I am using a Pi Zero. I have verified power. Also I have it next to a window.

dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt Does this need to be changed for a pi zero?

[diyadileep]

Can we use neo 8m instead of neo 6m? What all changes should be done in this case.

[DR-jlfm]

Is it necessary to solder the pins to the Sensor?

[hrmuzi]

Great video, I like it and subscribed. I am new in doing projects with RPi and I want to show the GPS position, speed and heading on a 2004 display (for boating). In addition to the GPS position I have to add it in the phyton script with the different variables as you described for the GPS-position (that´s clear for me).
The GPS script shall run after boot of the RPi
So I have 2 additional questions:
1. until the GPS-module get a signal, I want to show a text message like "waiting for gps-fix". After getting the fix it shall continue with showing the position (gps data). How would look the code in phyton for the message "waiting for gps-fix"
2. in case the RPi lose the gps-signal, I want to show also a message on the lcd (combination with the same message as waiting for gps-fix is ok, or using a different message is also ok)
Thanks in advance for helping me.

[rahulshaik]

SerialException: could not open port /dev/ttyAMA0: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/dev/ttyAMA0'
bro should you tell how to solve this please tell me broo currently i working on project using gps module i got the error tell me bro please.

[pembroke]

Thank you that was quite awesome! But I got a problem my module isn't blinking and also my latitude and longitude values are always giving 0.00 not real data. So how can I fix this problem? :(

[reist]

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/gps.py", line 8, in <module>
ser=serial.Serial(port, baudrate=9600, timeout=0.5)
AttributeError: module 'serial' has no attribute 'Serial'

I've reinstalled every module just incase something corrupted but this is the error I keep getting. Any solutions?

[yoshithaab]

like the code successfully ran till the last step, but it's not showing values. Cursor is just blinking for more than 30 mins, but no values are being displayed. Pls help !

[JohnWaynea]

I get a ValueError every time that the gps module is unable to find a satellite. Is there any way to trick the raspberry so that it will "print" something (like "no signal") while still running the script and attempting to retrive data?

[richardrobinson]

I have got stuck after making the code gps.py, i save and run python gps.py it hangs. when i stop i get this
^CTraceback (most recent call last):
File "gps.py", line 10, in <module>
newdata=ser.readline()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 483, in read
ready, _, _ = select.select([self.fd, self.pipe_abort_read_r], [], [], timeout.time_left())
KeyboardInterrupt

[nicolasignacio]

any for see this information, amsss any gps or aplication for see exactly ubication of gps ??
sorry, i am from chile

[KARTHIGASOKKALINGAM]

How to set the border in autonomous boat for fishermen border alert security project...could pls make a video for it