Init commit with many years of arduino sketches and projects. I dont know if the esp8266 includes much, but there are also libraries. I hope they dont have crazy automatic versioning through the Arduino IDE.

libraries/TinyGPSPlus-1.0.2/examples/DeviceExample/DeviceExample.ino

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+#include <TinyGPS++.h>
+#include <SoftwareSerial.h>
+/*
+   This sample sketch demonstrates the normal use of a TinyGPS++ (TinyGPSPlus) object.
+   It requires the use of SoftwareSerial, and assumes that you have a
+   4800-baud serial GPS device hooked up on pins 4(rx) and 3(tx).
+*/
+static const int RXPin = 4, TXPin = 3;
+static const uint32_t GPSBaud = 4800;
+
+// The TinyGPS++ object
+TinyGPSPlus gps;
+
+// The serial connection to the GPS device
+SoftwareSerial ss(RXPin, TXPin);
+
+void setup()
+{
+  Serial.begin(115200);
+  ss.begin(GPSBaud);
+
+  Serial.println(F("DeviceExample.ino"));
+  Serial.println(F("A simple demonstration of TinyGPS++ with an attached GPS module"));
+  Serial.print(F("Testing TinyGPS++ library v. ")); Serial.println(TinyGPSPlus::libraryVersion());
+  Serial.println(F("by Mikal Hart"));
+  Serial.println();
+}
+
+void loop()
+{
+  // This sketch displays information every time a new sentence is correctly encoded.
+  while (ss.available() > 0)
+    if (gps.encode(ss.read()))
+      displayInfo();
+
+  if (millis() > 5000 && gps.charsProcessed() < 10)
+  {
+    Serial.println(F("No GPS detected: check wiring."));
+    while(true);
+  }
+}
+
+void displayInfo()
+{
+  Serial.print(F("Location: ")); 
+  if (gps.location.isValid())
+  {
+    Serial.print(gps.location.lat(), 6);
+    Serial.print(F(","));
+    Serial.print(gps.location.lng(), 6);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    Serial.print(F("INVALID"));
+  }
+
+  Serial.print(F("  Date/Time: "));
+  if (gps.date.isValid())
+  {
+    Serial.print(gps.date.month());
+    Serial.print(F("/"));
+    Serial.print(gps.date.day());
+    Serial.print(F("/"));
+    Serial.print(gps.date.year());
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    Serial.print(F("INVALID"));
+  }
+
+  Serial.print(F(" "));
+  if (gps.time.isValid())
+  {
+    if (gps.time.hour() < 10) Serial.print(F("0"));
+    Serial.print(gps.time.hour());
+    Serial.print(F(":"));
+    if (gps.time.minute() < 10) Serial.print(F("0"));
+    Serial.print(gps.time.minute());
+    Serial.print(F(":"));
+    if (gps.time.second() < 10) Serial.print(F("0"));
+    Serial.print(gps.time.second());
+    Serial.print(F("."));
+    if (gps.time.centisecond() < 10) Serial.print(F("0"));
+    Serial.print(gps.time.centisecond());
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    Serial.print(F("INVALID"));
+  }
+
+  Serial.println();
+}