If this get's done I would be extremely thankful for a copy too.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > its a fairly simple piece of software, you basically > want a redirect of sorts, the > program would just open both serial ports, and > redirect the information coming > into the first serial port, then out to the second > port (once its connected ) > via some protocol, then a piece of software at the > target ip would decode that > data, you could even go as far as making a virtual > serial port that would > take the data from the tcp port and feed it to > mapping software. > > > However on sprint i have noticed they seem to do odd > things with certain > ports, so you'd want to use http to send it, that > seems to work fine.. > > the laptop/gps/phone connection would be easy to do, > the server side > is a little tricker, unless you have access to one > of the mapping programs > SDKs > > you can contact me off list and i will help you code > it up, its a useful > tool, although my time is limited, i'd be happy to > help. > > regards, > charlie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Paul Carlin > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 9:17 AM > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Remote GPS Locator > > > I would like to have my GPS transmit it's location > to me remotely. For example, Hook my GPS to my > laptop (typical wardriving setup), connect to the > Internet using my Sprint Phone, and somehow transmit > the data to my home computer via the Internet. This > is incredibly simple in theory, but where would I > find software to do this? > > The software would have to take incoming serial > data on the laptop/PDA, forward it to my home via > the Internet, and the home computer would have to > translate these packets into data that seems to be > coming from the Serial port for Mapping software to > accept it. > > The end result would be a live tracking map > showing the location of the roaming GPS device. > > - Paul __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
