Hey all - got a very basic question here, not even looking for answers per se, but more just for any sources of information I can read up on to help me out with this.
I've got an application which controls a robot. The application recieves geographical information, currently in the form of a latitude and longitutde coordinate, regarding where the robot is located at currently. I've also got some reference points, regarding the locations that the robot needs to reach.
What I'm looking to do, is create a very simple interface to go along with the program, with which I can display the robot's current location, and the location of the points it needs to reach. This interface should be updateable at any given time, as the program runs in an infinite loop, constantly updating its current location.
I've used GLUT to generate graphical applications in the past, in my Computer Graphics course, however, one problem I'm seeing with using GLUT, is that it essentially runs in its own loop. I don't want to change the entire program to be self-contained within the GLUT loop, I'd rather have it work the other way around, essentially just calling a function which would update the location currently. I'm pretty sure I "could" use GLUT, but if there's other approaches, I'd like to know about them before I decide which I should use.
If anyone knows any plugins, tools, or reference information I can use to help me out, let me know! I'll be doing my own searching of course, and if I find something particularly useful, I'll post it here myself, incase anyone else is trying to accomplish the same task. Thanks!