+####################
+# googlemap stuff
+# Uses:
+# GMAP_SERVER, the hostname that runs an ndnmap instance
+# GMAP_PROBES, a list of tuples of the form
+# <linkid>=<nodeid>=<internal_linkid>=<frequency>
+# e.g.
+# SENDER-MUX=SENDER=3=0.5
+# which would mean, the link 'SENDER-MUX' should be monitored at the 'SENDER' node and is coded
+# in links.json with id=3, every half second
+# sliver-ovs gmap-probe is designed to run in background,
+# and so that a new run will kill any previously running instance
+gprobes: $(foreach probe,$(GMAP_PROBES),gprobe-$(probe))
+
+gprobe-%: FORCE
+ $(SSH) -n $(call solve,$(word 2,$(subst @, ,$(*F)))) $(SUDO) \
+ sliver-ovs gmap-probe L$(word 1,$(subst @, ,$(*F))) $(GMAP_SERVER) $(word 3,$(subst @, ,$(*F))) $(word 4,$(subst @, ,$(*F)))