I was thinking that we may be able to purchase a license to some shapefiles, or other mapping data (it's very important that our mapping data be as correct as possible). On the driver side (running on the GPS device - I'm thinking touchscreen) the mapping software would provide driver directions visually and possibly audibly - just like a Navigation device e.g. TomTom - but with a few custom buttons etc on it to let the driver send info back to the server.
On the Server side, the mapping software would mainly be used for determining distances between points, geocoding (and possibly reverse geocoding), and doing some other smart stuff. Because the system would be mostly automated, having a visual of where vehicles are etc is a secondary concern for me - i'd like to have that, but I could imagine using google maps for that. We've used Telogis' Geobase before as the mapping software, and we gave it shapefiles, which it used nicely. I thought I'd look to see if there is an open source alternative while exploring how much Geobase will cost, and what their licensing model is. Cheers, Louis On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Arnie Shore <shor...@gmail.com> wrote: > WRT SMS cost, that's strictly a user issue/question of course. There are n > different plans out there (where n is a large number.) > > And WRT yr routing data, (I note that we also provide the GMaps Street > View) what do you anticipate using as the data source? > > Best wishes, > > AS > > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Louis Sayers <lssay...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Arnie :) >> >> I'm probably thinking of a standalone mapping application on the GPS >> device, and for on the server as well. This is to limit GPRS usage on the >> GPS Device, and because I need to do a bit of processing on the server side >> (I'm thinking of routing a lot of vehicles). >> >> I'm interested to know what SMS services you would / do use though, and >> how much that costs you per SMS? ($USD$) >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Louis >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Louis Sayers MEM Programme Department of Engineering Management University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch 8140, New Zealand Email: lssay...@gmail.com Phone: +64 27 460 3591
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