I have some more examples with some test data I still have to publish. Project is here: http://athirne.sourceforge.net/
Database is well designed, I will make a post when I have the code out there. Onen wrote: > Hi, > > Stefan Schmidt wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 15:03, Onen wrote: >> >>> Another point is the other signals than GSM. Our initial vision was to >>> build a database of communicating objects, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc... >>> >> Can anybody give me some ideas how BT should be useful here? From what I know >> there are very little fixed BT accesspoints around. Likely to be killed by >> wifi >> anyway. I associate with bluetooth something that is mobile itself therefor >> not >> useful to get an idea rom your current location from. >> >> > Well maybe Bluetooth was not the best example. I wanted to put the > emphasis that the original idea of openBmap was to get a map of all > communicating objects (RFID, future things, ...). Nevertheless here are > some examples of static BT points we may encounter pretty soon: > > * some experiments have been carried on in Paris subway about BT beacons > which help blind people find their ways in the labyrinth. They have a > special device at the ear, which says where they are, and if they go in > the wrong direction, etc... > > * ad panels in the subway, or on the street, may have bluetooth to > distribute details to phones > > * in Paris, there are BT stations on the street, you can get connected > to with your phone, and download maps and or details of the area you > currently are. > > A reason why BT may still last over WiFi may be the power needed to have > BT on in comparison of WiFi, don't you think? > > If anybody sees more examples... > > Onen > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@lists.openmoko.org > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community