Stephen Woodbridge wrote: > Anton, > > If I may ask a very basic question, What is driving the requirement > for a GPS unique id? It seems to me it would be much easier to do > something like: > > 1) have a user sign-up for the service and generate a unique id for > them. 2) whatever software that is implementing the interface between > the GPS and server, requires you to enter the unique id created at > sign up.
Exactly. > Also, I have multiple GPS units that I use in different scenarios, > why do you care which GPS I happen to be using. I have a tracking GPS > that is setup to record a track point every 1/10th mile and is > capable of running for 3000 miles before I need to download and clear > the track log. While this is not a real-time tracking application, > up loading the track log after the fact might be a valid use case. I believe it was only a consideration to bind ID to a device. Some applications/users may want to be able to identify GPS device, regardless of who is using it. For others (and I believe for most users) it should be enough to identify/authorize user, regardless what device she is using. Cheers -- Mateusz Loskot http://mateusz.loskot.net _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
