Hi all, Just an FYI for anyone who might consider a GPS location-based app: I have released the GPS shared object library version 2.0.
It includes a new class which holds a lat-lon point, and has a group of methods which compute for you the distance to another point, the bearing to another point, the relative bearing to another point (e.g. it's 10 degrees to your left/right of your current heading), and string descriptive versions of these results which offer distance expressed as miles or feet depending upon the distance, and the relative bearing expressed as a clock-face instruction (e.g. "it's at your 2 o'clock" or "it's north-east of you"). Added menu options for the shared object which allow the user to turn on/off sound effects to be played when the GPS is first detected, when a fix is established, when the fix is lost or the GPS connection is lost, etc. Also included is a small sample app named My_Location (meant really to demonstrate how easy it is to use the GPS shared object), which will send a string of your current latitude and longitude into the active window when you press the hotkey. You might use this as part of your email signature for instance. I hope it might help stimulate interest in location-based apps; I have one I'm working on when time permits. Enjoy (and please let me know of problems or requests), Chip
