SportsTracker's a great service. I've been messing around with it a
bit to track exercise (http://tinyurl.com/6owpjx) for which the
interface is geared, but it works for many other applications.
If you have access to a BlackBerry, BlackBerry Tracker (http://
www.blackberrytracker.com/) is nice and simple and free. The server
can spit out KML for any user-defined time range.
Dan
Dan Melinger
Socialight
On Jul 23, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Andrew Turner wrote:
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Ronan Crowley
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've been asked to put up a website for a charity where a fund-
raiser will
walk the length of Ireland.
The site would like to track his progress as he carries out this
walk, so
I'll integrate the GPS data with Google Maps or something (all
relatively
straightforward).
However, my questions is: Is there any (cheap if possible) GPS
device that
could be put into a backpack and its location read via the Web?
Here are two really good options for "hands-off" remote GPS tracking:
uBlip Enfora NT - GPS + GSM/GPRS. Size of a pager and battery powered.
You could put in a Ireland SIM Card. Then uBlip serves the data as
GeoRSS, or via an API
http://www.ublip.com/developers/enfora
Spot Messenger - GPS + Satellite
http://www.findmespot.com/Home.aspx
Not sure on cost, but I would suggest perhaps approaching them with
your project and see if they can discount or something.
For power, I would check out the Solio solar chargers. The uBlip just
uses a USB-Mini adapter. Not sure what the Spot uses.
Good luck and definitely post the URL here when it's up!
Andrew
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