The Latitude app takes your co-ordinates from your phone, uploads it to the Google servers, and then, it gets pushed everywhere else.
I guess, this is what you should also be doing. You can use the Latitude APIs to update your own location. But looking at the API reference, I don't think it supports querying a a specific persons location. So, for your case, you will not be able to use this API. Instead, your own server might handle this information between two devices. Kumar Bibek http://techdroid.kbeanie.com http://www.kbeanie.com On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:47 PM, Chris Grant <cwg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kevin: > > I think you understand more what I am after. I am making an > application that is like My Tracks, but does much more. I want to be > able to do tracks besides my own. > > So the thinking is, my wife turns on her GPS and has a gmail account. > I somehow ping her GPS location feed via JSON or REST or GeoJSON(?), > get the points as she moves around, and then my app does all the > things it will do with her position changes. > > Just curious, I was watching myself update last night via Latitude on > Google Maps as I drove out for a beer, and it was real time and it was > extremely accurate. I presume Google Maps Latitude it is pinging the > Latitude service to get these updates in real time?? Or is Latitude > somehow using my LocationService and getting real time feeds from my > device? > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > On Jan 16, 10:56 pm, Kevin Duffey <andjar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was going to suggest My Tracks as well. But I think what the OP wants > is > > the ability for his wife's phone to update his phone on her progress. I > > would guess it's possible, but you'd have two components to the app. The > app > > that runs on her phone that updates some service of her progress.. maybe > > using GPS location every 5 seconds or something (not sure the precision > of > > GPS info.. anyone know how often it updates?). The second piece would > either > > be a web service or a SMS listener app on the 2nd phone that would get > > updates. If it was solely to be to track one phone from another, probably > > have the phone to be tracked send updates out via SMS to the 2nd phone, > > which..I think in 2.1. maybe 2.2, added the ability to have SMS listeners > or > > something like that.. > > > > Latitude I think has 15 minute updates. There is the option to turn on > > real-time updates for a set amount of time, but this has never worked for > > me. I've done this with my wife's phone, and I still seem to only get > > updates every 10 or 15 minutes. I think for road trips, and finding a > phone > > or seeing where your wife is.. it's fine. But using it for real-time > updates > > is not. You're going to be better off writing an app that continually > grabs > > GPS info and sends that data somewhere. > > > > Incidentally.. this is an excellent way to keep tabs on someone. ;) > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <zvasv...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Try the free open-source Google app called My Tracks. I've used it > > > before and it's good. > > > > > On Jan 17, 9:37 am, Chris Grant <cwg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hmmm... not even sure what a "runner app" is. Do I buy this? How is > > > > it integrated in to my app so that i can get a friends location? It > > > > is ashame that Latitude for all its hype, is this hard to use and so > > > > unreliable. Anyone else have ideas on the easiest and most reliable > > > > way to get a friends location? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > On Jan 16, 4:49 pm, Marcin Orlowski <webnet.andr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > On 16 January 2011 21:12, Chris Grant <cwg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Does anyone out there have a snippet of code that shows how to do > > > this > > > > > > in an Android app? Or can you point me to a real example? > > > > > > > Not the answer you expect, but IMHO dedicated "runner" apps would > > > > > serve the purpose better and there're couple of such on Market. > > > > > Latitude is not reliable (if you ask me) and you won't get as > frequent > > > > > reports as you may need.- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > android-developers@googlegroups.com > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-developers%2BunsubsÂcr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- Hide quoted > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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