> On Mar 27, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Fawcett, David wrote: > My guess is that you will need some sort of device to log the data > from the GPS and then transmit it across a wireless network (pager, > SMS, cell phone). At your base station, you would have capture the > messages, parse them, and then probably stuff the data into a > database (PostGIS?). > > Your MapServer map file could then point to the spatial data layer > in PostGIS. Every hit to MapServer would show the latest data.
This is exactly the approach I have taken in providing similar data showing vessel movements & track. It works well. Database views & queries provide a simple latest (ie, current) position as well as easily permitting automated building of objects like daily paths, etc, for long term warehousing of conveniently packaged path data. Cheers, Brent Wood _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
