FWIW a UK+(European?) based equivalent would be a nokia n95 + nokia
sports tracker which would be 'free' on a decent voice+text+data
package (~£35/month).
Cheers,
A
On 3 May 2008, at 03:00, Steve Lombardi wrote:
If you are going the WinMo route check out the open source GPStracker
http://www.codeplex.com/gpstracker
The source is very well written and easy to modify. It has GPX
export as is, and I added KML export in 20 minutes. It also has a
stub for upload to a server which should be pretty easy to modify
for your requirement below.
For hardware, I just got an AT&T Tilt 3 weeks ago. If you do end up
going for new hardware for your project this is a good all in one
device. I used to use a Bluetooth GPS but it was a pain in the ass
to always have to remember to bring it along. I had no idea how
much my life would change once my phone had unlocked true client
side GPS :-) although its shown priced at 299 on their site, I got
it for 149 with a 2 year contract in store
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/cell-phone-details/?
device=AT%26T+Tilt(TM)&q_sku=sku1060009
it’s a geowanker dream device. If you go this route and you want my
modified source for GPStracker, drop me a mail.
The only knock against the Tilt in my 3 weeks is that it’s a
battery pig. Under normal use it can go a couple of days between
charging, but with all the radios going I have to remember to
charge it each night. Not unreasonable considering what its running
I guess…
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:geowanking-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Ring
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 9:57 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Cheap way to track position?
Run.GPS works well for recording and reporting my marathon
training. The prereqs narrow down your options though. You need a
windows mobile phone and internal/external GPS.
http://www.gps-sport.net/
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:50 AM, Joseph Monahan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello all,
Long time reader, first time poster...
I'm working on a personal project to track my bike ride across the
country
this summer. I wanted to do something with live tracking but not
have to
buy an expensive gps unit and subscription. I'm also looking to
carry as
little weight as possible.
So I was thinking, why not use my cell phone (or a cell phone that
has the
potential to do the following)? I'm thinking I could use some
software (and
hopefully not have to write it) to triangulate my position via cell
towers
(similar to how the iphone works). That averaged position would
then be
submitted somehow to my server which takes it and updates my map.
The problem is: is there such software to triangulate, ideally one
that will
also take that position and send it out to something (email, txt,
whatever)?
Any other ideas, advice, help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Joe
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