On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Leonardo Luiz Padovani da Mata < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Daniele Maio <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've an idea for the Google Summer of Code 2011, and I wuold like to > discuss > > it here before updating the wiki. > > My idea is to create an application to monitoring traffic on > streets/routes. > > With this application everyone with a device (smartphone/laptop/whatever) > > with a gps can trace some route. > > While tracking, in addition to the coordinates also the istant speed and > a > > timestamp will be registered. > > This application would have a daemon that does this job (tracking), a > simple > > UI that show a map (using google maps api) > > through which you can search for a street (or a route) and it will give > you > > information about the average speed (also filtered by time). > > One more thing is the necessity to have a 'server' where the registered > data > > have to be sended. This data has to be stored in a database, > > and the server has to be capable of doing operation for calculating the > > average speed and filtering results. > > You can also consider this application as a 'social application' : > everyone > > everywhere can help tracking any street/route. > > I would like to do this application with meego since it cover a large > number > > of devices (don't forget IVI). > > So, any comments/feedback ? > > > The idea is to use server information to update the application > traffic? Some cities already have traffic information uploaded to > google maps, maybe you can just use this information instead of > creating a new track. > Yes, but as you said only *some* city have this information available. My idea is to have the traffic information, as per social application, for many other country. The information could be also searched by time and day. > > Do you think that someone wants to share their location every time? > Don't you think this is an private information that should be shared > only to those who are friends. There are some security issues related > on that. > They are not sharing their location. The app should only register the coordinates only if the user explicitly want to do this, and all the information will be sended to the server in an anonymous way. > > The sever capability is another problem, you need to specify how often > the data should be sent to the server, how much information is sent to > the server and what the server will do with the information. Depending > on the solution you want to provide you will have a NP-complex > problem. > The data should be sended whenever the user want (e.g. immediatly after stop tracking, if any connection is available or schedule when to update the data). The data will consist in a simple text file (or sqlite file). > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > Daniele Maio > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MeeGo-community mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community > > http://wiki.meego.com/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > > > -- > Leonardo Luiz Padovani da Mata > > International Syst S/A > Metasys Tecnologia > Software Engineer Metasys MeeGo Team > > [email protected] > +55-31-3503-9040 > > "May the force be with you, always" > "Nerd Pride... eu tenho. Voce tem?" > Best Regards, Daniele Maio.
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