Hi!
Finally I created a Java applet that comunnicates directly with
JavaScript, avoiding the use of any virtual/local databases.
I'm pretty sure the only way to access the COM ports or any device is to do
it with a "normal" application, not JavaScript.
But I've got to say your solution is probably the most popular for the
purpose we are looking for. so probably you are in the good way.
Unfortunately I haven't finished with the applet yet, because the libraries
I found are incomplete or undocumented... so it's taking longer than
expected. If you plan to use Java I can tell you the libraries I found, but
don't expect too much. The GPS functionality for J2SE is not very popular. I
can't help you with databases and gears because I in Gears I'm not even a
newbie, and I preffered to skip databases... (personal matters)
Anyway I think finally they'll add the functionality we want, but how long
left? Because the current version is 0.4. Soo, it's still young :)
Good luck!
Manuel
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From: "aahmad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 7:54 PM
To: "Gears Users" <[email protected]>
Subject: [gears-users] Re: IP location more accurate than GPS?
>
> mdelolmo,
>
> Did you come up with a workaround? I have the same requirement: vista
> laptops equipped w/GPS devices and I need a precise position fix.
>
> One alternative in a controlled environment might be to install a
> program on the laptops that periodically poll the GPS device and push
> the position data into a purpose-built table in your Gears local
> database (if you wrote the program in Java, you would use the SQLite
> JDBC driver, for example). The Gears application would then rely on
> this table for position data, bypassing Gears geolocation entirely.
>
> Of course it would be really nice if Gears picked up GPS devices on
> non-Windows Mobile devices.
>
> On Oct 1, 7:41 pm, mdelolmo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> OK, I'll have a look from time to time to check the upgrades, but I
>> guess I've got to work in another solution.
>> Thanks for the information!
>>
>> On 1 oct, 16:03, Steve Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi mdelolmo,
>>
>> > Unfortunately, Gears can make use ofGPSdevices on Windows Mobile. I
>> > can see the benefit of adding this feature to other platforms, but we
>> > haven't done so yet because it's a fairly uncommon use case.
>>
>> > Steve
> >
>
