In addition to what Tim said. The Merapi project (http://merapiproject.net/), is an excellent candidate for a project like this. You can use Java to communicate to the GPS unit's device drivers, and then use that data with webservices or the yahoo maps API to serve maps in real time.
Just a thought. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Tim Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want to do it in realtime you're going to first have to decide > what devices you support. There might be some standards for communication, > but others go off and do their own thing and those might be the ones you > want to support. Garmin often take a lot of heat for this (despite what > they're pushing with ANT+ standards). > > Do you have a particular device in mind to start out, and have you done any > research on what dev tools they have available? Obviously at some point > you're going to want to abstract things out, but you need to at least have a > rough idea whether your design is even going to work for real-world existing > designs and products. > > --Tim > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Ben Cessa > *Sent:* Friday, 9 January 2009 11:10 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] GPS in Flex > > Hi, I'm planning to build an AIR application but I have a major doubt > here, by looking at the amazing work of Doug McCune I think is > possible to integrate real time GPS data into a Map on a Flex > application, but my question is: how? Just in case the above is not a > completely clear explanation let me put it with other words: > > I wanna know how ( considering first if this is even possible right > now ) to get data from a GPS device and load it, real time ( well, > pretty much real time ) inside a map on a Flex and/or AIR application. > > I really hope someone with far more experience than myself can point > in the right direction on this one, thanx in advance for your > attention, and have all a great new year :) > > > -- Cheers, Nate ---------------------------------------- http://blog.natebeck.net
