The GPS Sight team thinks that to have such mapless GPS navigator it is
the amazing idea. This is something on that we would definitely plan to
work. It would the be nice to have a built - in compass sensor as some
watches do as the the instructions would depend on how the device is
oriented
Randall Munroe, the author of XKCD, suggests an excellent idea:
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/05/20/gps-cyborg-implant/
Simply put, it's a GPS navigator that only repeatedly gives you the
direction towards the target (in “three o'clock” style) and the distance
to it, without using any maps at
2008/5/22 Alexey Feldgendler [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Simply put, it's a GPS navigator that only repeatedly gives you the
direction towards the target (in three o'clock style) and the distance to
it, without using any maps at all. It probably won't help you in a maze of
twisty passages all alike,
I'ts a great idea, is like a compass but with a selectable north :)--- El jue, 22/5/08, Alexey Feldgendler [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió:De: Alexey Feldgendler [EMAIL PROTECTED]Asunto: Mapless GPSPara: "List for OpenMoko community discussion" community@lists.openmoko.orgFecha: jueves, 22 mayo, 2008
On 22 May 2008, at 11:27, Alexey Feldgendler wrote:
Randall Munroe, the author of XKCD, suggests an excellent idea:
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/05/20/gps-cyborg-implant/
Simply put, it's a GPS navigator that only repeatedly gives you the
direction towards the target (in “three o'clock”
On Thu, 22 May 2008 12:27:08 +0200, Alexey Feldgendler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Randall Munroe, the author of XKCD, suggests an excellent idea:
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/05/20/gps-cyborg-implant/
Simply put, it's a GPS navigator that only repeatedly gives you the
direction towards the
Hey Stroller,
I _really_ want to see an Openmoko application where you can just choose a
contact and have your position sent to them by text message. When their
Freerunner receives the message it automagically opens a GPS application
that points to your position - this would be SO useful for
On Thu, 22 May 2008 20:48:28 +0200, Carl Snellman
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just FYI, I'm actually in process of registering well-known SMS ports
for this purpose with IANA, so that interoperability between devices
would be facilitated. If we get the registration through, there would
be two
Cetus GPS (http://www.cetusgps.dk/ - for Palm) is a good implementation
of this (see web page above for screenshots). Also keeps a track
history every few seconds and has some other options like averaging to
get a reasonably accurate reading vs a rough and ready. Speed is dead
accurate (or my
9 matches
Mail list logo
