Hi David,
could you please send me your code?
I told you, I am a complete beginner, and I think it would help me a lot as
I am trying to design approximately the same thing.
Thanks,
Tim
>From: "David A. Desrosiers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: tracking with GPS / pdQ
>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:25:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
> > I'm designing a system to track pedestrians with a Qualcomm pdQ / GPS
> > device. I need to write a Palm Application that retrieves the location
> > from the GPS (via the serial port) and automatically sends it to a web
> > server every five minutes by establishing a PPP connection. I'm a
> > beginner in Palm Programming, so any kind of advice would be welcome:
> > *do you think it's doable? *has anybody already developped a similar
> > application? *would anybody be interested in helping / working for us?
> > Thanks,
>
> I've been designing something almost exactly like this, however
>it's ideal interface is to talk to my Ministrel at the same time as my
>Rand GPS.
>
> Basically my idea (and anyone can steal it if they want) is to
>periodically send the gps coords sampled from the Rand back through the
>Ministrel to my server, who will then create a map of radius ($loc + 10km)
>and then send that back down to the palm over the Ministrel. This way, my
>server can accurately keep a running map of the user's travels. To my
>knowledge, *NO* current mapping software does this yet, without having to
>"preload" your intended trip onto the device (and I do *NOT* recommend
>Rand's horrible solution for this. I've had to also return 4 of their GPS
>units because of sudden failures in the past month).
>
> I've gutted a Rand gps and am working on a charging circuit for it
>(for their inept vehicle adapter, so I can trickle charge the batteries in
>the GPS, as well as trickle charge the PalmV sitting in it) and will
>eventually just tear the case off, and create my own Ministrel + GPS case
>which houses both.
>
> So if anyone has any ideas how to basically multiplex the serial
>port for this type of use, I'm interested. 2 TX, 1 RX I think, yes?
>
>
>
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