On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Ronan Crowley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been asked to put up a website for a charity where a fund-raiser will > walk the length of Ireland. > The site would like to track his progress as he carries out this walk, so > I'll integrate the GPS data with Google Maps or something (all relatively > straightforward). > > However, my questions is: Is there any (cheap if possible) GPS device that > could be put into a backpack and its location read via the Web? >
Here are two really good options for "hands-off" remote GPS tracking: uBlip Enfora NT - GPS + GSM/GPRS. Size of a pager and battery powered. You could put in a Ireland SIM Card. Then uBlip serves the data as GeoRSS, or via an API http://www.ublip.com/developers/enfora Spot Messenger - GPS + Satellite http://www.findmespot.com/Home.aspx Not sure on cost, but I would suggest perhaps approaching them with your project and see if they can discount or something. For power, I would check out the Solio solar chargers. The uBlip just uses a USB-Mini adapter. Not sure what the Spot uses. Good luck and definitely post the URL here when it's up! Andrew _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
