You should also check out Andrew Trice's Adobe MAX 2008 session (AIR++). http://www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/page/andrewtrice? entry=content_from_max_air
Code for MerapiGPS he developed - with code. Probably as close to your solution you will find! :D One thing you should also keep in mind - most free mapping services (Yahoo, Google, Mapquest, etc.) require a minimum of 6 hour delay on mapping coordinates - terms of service/agreement. Meaning - if you post your lat/lon to a server, that server technically isn't allowed to map the location until 6 hours later. --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Doug McCune" <d...@...> wrote: > > Check out Andy Powell's post about using Merapi and GPS: > http://www.infoaccelerator.net/blog/post.cfm/live-gps- visualizations-with-air-merapi > > I have a small app running on my BlackBerry that posts my lat/lon to my own > webserver, which just stores it in a DB. The using whatever serverside > technology I want (java, php, etc) I could expose a web service to return my > coordinates. So you can either communicate directly with the device via > Merapi, or push data somehow from the device to a webserver and then pull > the data from the server into your Flex app. > > Doug > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Nate Beck <n...@...> wrote: > > > In addition to what Tim said. > > > > The Merapi project (http://merapiproject.net/), is an excellent candidate > > for a project like this. You can use Java to communicate to the GPS unit's > > device drivers, and then use that data with webservices or the yahoo maps > > API to serve maps in real time. > > > > Just a thought. > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Tim Rowe <tim.r...@...> wrote: > > > >> If you want to do it in realtime you're going to first have to decide > >> what devices you support. There might be some standards for communication, > >> but others go off and do their own thing and those might be the ones you > >> want to support. Garmin often take a lot of heat for this (despite what > >> they're pushing with ANT+ standards). > >> > >> Do you have a particular device in mind to start out, and have you done > >> any research on what dev tools they have available? Obviously at some point > >> you're going to want to abstract things out, but you need to at least have a > >> rough idea whether your design is even going to work for real- world existing > >> designs and products. > >> > >> --Tim > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] *On > >> Behalf Of *Ben Cessa > >> *Sent:* Friday, 9 January 2009 11:10 AM > >> *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > >> *Subject:* [flexcoders] GPS in Flex > >> > >> Hi, I'm planning to build an AIR application but I have a major doubt > >> here, by looking at the amazing work of Doug McCune I think is > >> possible to integrate real time GPS data into a Map on a Flex > >> application, but my question is: how? Just in case the above is not a > >> completely clear explanation let me put it with other words: > >> > >> I wanna know how ( considering first if this is even possible right > >> now ) to get data from a GPS device and load it, real time ( well, > >> pretty much real time ) inside a map on a Flex and/or AIR application. > >> > >> I really hope someone with far more experience than myself can point > >> in the right direction on this one, thanx in advance for your > >> attention, and have all a great new year :) > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > > > Cheers, > > Nate > > ---------------------------------------- > > http://blog.natebeck.net > > > > > > > > >
