Re: [SOCALWUG] Remote GPS Locator

[charlie]

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