Hello Sam: Post your request in the beginners' forum. A couple of weeks ago someone at that forum was asking for ideas for a project.
Cheers, Jerry On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Sam M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm sure the paying customers do. It's just a suggestion, and I > didn't know where else online to propose it. If no one can help, > we'll get along with the pencils, paper, protractors, compasses, and > pace counts we've been using for decades! I didn't know what the best > place would be to suggest a new idea, and the developers forum seemed > like a logical place. If someone has some free time (which I'm sure > many developers probably don't), then it would be useful to us. > Obviously this is your business, and don't skip out on paying > customers if you don't want to help us. > > On Nov 10, 5:45 am, Christine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your project competes with projects from paying customers. Guess which > > projects go first. > > > > On Nov 10, 4:53 am, Sam M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sure they could. In fact, the Army already uses such navigation > > > systems in active duty. I, however, am a mere officer cadet with a > > > sweet new G1 that I'm trying to use to make my life easier. Most of > > > our equipment is outdated, second hand, or borrowed. We're definitely > > > not getting advanced GPS navigation systems from USACC. So if I can > > > find a way to use my G1 in STX lanes and LandNav, then that would be > > > great! > > > > > On Nov 9, 8:24 pm, Eric Mill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > If you think many in the army would find it useful, I bet you could > > > > find someone or some office who could hire someone to do it. > > > > > > -- Eric > > > > > > On Nov 8, 1:15 pm, Sam M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm a US Army Officer Cadet, not a developer. However, I've seen > > > > > things like the Radar application and know that you can do amazing > > > > > things with GPS functionality. > > > > > > > Part of our training in the Army requires us to do land navigation, > > > > > where we use 8 digit grid coordinates (e.g. EG12345678) to navigate > > > > > between two points using a distance (e.g. 1650 meters) and > direction > > > > > in degrees (e.g. 273*). > > > > > > > It would be incredibly useful is someone could develop an > application > > > > > in which I could enter a distance and direction (e.g 1650 meters at > > > > > 273*) that would give me the range remaining and notify me when I'm > > > > > drifting off azimuth (ideally establishing a tolerance that > notifies > > > > > me when my azimuth variation would result in my being more than 15 > > > > > meters from my target destination). Perhaps the application could > > > > > even generate and store the map location that's specified by the > > > > > distance and direction and automatically recalculate a new distance > > > > > and direction in the event that I become lost or disoriented or > need > > > > > to navigate to a new waypoint. > > > > > > > Please let me know if you could develop such an application! I > know > > > > > that thousands of cadets and soldiers would find this application > > > > > incredibly useful! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
