Marcos Mezo wrote: >> So tell me your stories! They are valuable content for my talks. >> > First hello everybody, as it's the first post to the list. > > I've been following this project since about 1 year, and as soon as the > Freerunner was on sale I ordered mine (2nd July) and I'm eagerly > awaiting it from Pulster's shop (hope it is sent tomorrow). > > I have to say that I bought and had on my hands a Nokia N95 for about > 100 Euros less than what I've payed for the Freerunner, and inspite of > having more features (camera) and beeing more proven I sold it on ebay > without even opening it cause I received it the same day I learned the > Freerunner was on sale. > > As for my story,.I don't know if I will ever have the time for it, but I > envision the following: > > For some years now I've been an "official" and scorer (sort of a judge) > for Hot Air Balloon competitions, and previously an "observer". Until > recently an "observer" followed each balloon in competitions either in a > car or on the balloon. The "tasks" a balloon has to fly are mostly going > as near as possible to a given set of targets some kilometers away from > where it launches. Remember hot air balloons can only climb or descend, > but otherwise flow in the wind. By changing heights they try to find the > winds and local airstreams that bring them as close to their target as > possible. > > With the observers they had to throw a coloured marker when they thought > they were as close as possible to the target and then it was measured by > tape if close enough or on the map by reference. > > Now (at least in national events; I think world and continental > championships still require observers) everything is measured using GPS > tracks (except on some targets where there is a measuring area of > ~50-100m and they have to drop markers to be measured by a team). I'd > like to write an app that automaticaly sends the track live over GPRS to > the competition centre (if there is GPRS signal), and also that stores > it crypted on the phone so that it can't be altered. I also would like > to try to emulate the "marker dropping" by having some push buttons on > the screen the competior would had to push when he decides it's best, > because sometimes there are scoring areas where, if your "mark" is > outside of it, it isn't valid. With markers thrown, the competitor had > to decide if he drops the marker when he is about to leave the scoring > area of he will try to reenter later to have a better mark. With current > GPS rules this pilot decision is lost, as all trackpoints inside the > scoring area are measured. > > Me trying it doesn't mean it will be adopted (that would mean every > competitor had to buy one FR or maybe the the national federation), but > maybe at least we will have something to show and who knows..... Of > course this can be made with any other phone with java and a GPS, but > still I prefer the FR. > > Of course, even if I don't do anything of the above, I plan to using it > for sshing to some servers, maybe even VNC or Remote desktop, also for > openstreetmap and also as a SIP UA. And I almost forgot, also for fun!!!! > > Marcos
Another excellent story! Thanks for sharing Marcos, and I hope you find the time to write the application. Michael _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community