The app would need to translate the cross streets into something like lat/long before doing location comparisons. You'd also want your database to have both street address and lat/long--or again, a way for the app to derive one from the other.
It seems the smart system would be to add an SMS gateway to an internet database. BTW, A quick look at sourceforge for SMS utilities brings up PlaySMS: https://sourceforge.net/projects/playsms/ and http://playsms.sourceforge.net/web/ (Beta, but looks promising (PHP, PEAR, SQL integration, and GPL) There's also http://kannel.org/ . It claims to be both a WAP and SMS gateway; it requires a C Compiler. Rob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dustin Goodwin Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 9:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [nycwireless] SMS Text -> Show FREE Hotspots? Could we design something where you SMS the cross streets to the app and it replies with a list of nearby nodes? That way we don't need the network to give up the location information. - Dustin - Jon Baer wrote: > Dammit .. > > I just had the link to a story about how they use SMS in the UK to > ping/trace the tower info from a SMS message and send back hotspots in > the area .. I didnt think it was feasible here since some of that info > is hidden (last time I programmed WTAI/WAP it wasn't) .. > > Any thoughts on that technique? > > - Jon > -- > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
