The big problem with a lot of these applications being suggested is it will require back end servers to store the data.
I'm yet to see anyone suggest "SAAS" pricing models for FIC applications on a monthly/annual basis or is everyone on this list still thinking that open source means free. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +1-212-203-4357 Ph +1-917-207-3420 Mb +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oleg L. Sverdlov Sent: Tuesday, 23 January 2007 8:34 AM Cc: OpenMoko Subject: Re: an idea: GPS blog? Richard, nice idea.The upload back to home looks like a necessary feature. BTW Speaking about _useful_ solutions, I'd like to see user-submitted map of speed cameras. Like when the phone is in car-cradle, then half of the screen transforms in one big button. You see a camera, you tap on screen. When the car is waiting on red light, the phone uploads data to a server and downloads updated and processed information about cameras locations. Next time you're approaching a camera, the phone will play alarm sound. But what's important for new phone popularity, is teenagers market, so the more bells and whistles, the better. "Cool" factor. O. Richard Franks wrote: On 1/23/07, Oleg L. Sverdlov wrote: Videoblogging has its niche, but how about a small application that remembers where you've been during a day , and how long; and then visualizes everything in form of nice coloured curves, and publishes to your blog? I'm definitely looking forward to something like this. What I'd find useful is something which uploads the GPS traces to my home machine database, then makes that data available to other sources through access control. 1) So I can select an area downtown, and see my most (or least) favourite places or travelled routes through it for the time period of my choice. 2) If I'm going to a planned meeting with a Neo-Owning-Friend (NOF?), the Neo could check my agenda and automatically enable Location-Sharing until we find each other. Actually, as there are a bunch of GPS Google API mashups out there already - if the Neo can run Google Maps then it will be quite easy to integrate access control, editing, uploading (to home/openstreetmap/etc), quering home machine DB, all into the same webapp. Richard
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