Using GPS to automatically find and use Points of Interest
Casey Harkins wrote: Possible uses: can be combined with Google Maps or something like that to give other people an idea of the travel route you have followed. The primary use is just to keep a record of everywhere I've gone with the phone (reported once a day). This gives me an idea: *) Keep track of everywhere you go for a week or so, taking a data point every few minutes. *) Find all the places you spent more than an hour at. *) Plot them on a map, and let the user name each one (work, home, cafe, Joe's house, movie theater, etc.). Now you've got a list of the important places in your life. You can use this list to drive position-dependent behavior on the phone: *) Turn off the ringer when at the movie theater. *) Turn up the ringer volume at the noisy cafe. *) Turn on wifi at home and at work. *) Sync contacts and calendar over wifi when you get home. *) Remind you to pick up the book you loaned Joe next time you're at his house. Position dependent todo lists could be a real killer app. Alert me with this message next time I'm within X meters of this location. Hmmm... -- Dirk ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Using GPS to automatically find and use Points of Interest
A path-tracking ability would be great in any case. Just as an example: the local alpinist group bought a device for several thousend euros to track all the footpathes nd have a nice map. Or the Energy firm here in italy is doing the same for the gas pipelines. But it could also help finding back when you're lost, etc... -- My corner of the web: http://ramsesoriginal.wordpress.com My dream, my world: http://abenu.wordpress.com ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Using GPS to automatically find and use Points of Interest
Thumb up ! On 7/18/07, Dirk Bergstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Position dependent todo lists could be a real killer app. Alert me with this message next time I'm within X meters of this location. Hmmm... ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Using GPS to automatically find and use Points of Interest
Double Thumb up !! Speaking for everyone who know this problem: dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/brain or for all results which are coming from cat wife_wishes boss_ask_me_to_do | sort | uniq -u | grep -vf /dev/brain ;) Bye Torsten Mickael Faivre-Macon schrieb: Thumb up ! On 7/18/07, Dirk Bergstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Position dependent todo lists could be a real killer app. Alert me with this message next time I'm within X meters of this location. Hmmm... ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.de ___ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
