Thanks for all the tips. In the first StepJuan expedition, I gave him one GPSTOGO unit, at the end of each day, he sends the file to me. I then process the file and upload in the website. The process is onerous both for me and Tomas' so I'm thinking of automating this process.
The best I can think of is to use a droid phone and send geo-tweets. This way all he do is tweet his current position to show it on the livemap. Any free droid app that can send geo-enabled tweets? On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Noli Sicad <[email protected]> wrote: > I think these 2 free apps are useful for this purpose (i.e. getting > gpx and csv and emailing it). > > Android - MyTracks > http://mytracks.appspot.com/ > http://code.google.com/p/mytracks/ > > Iphone - Record my GPS position > http://itunes.apple.com/app/record-my-gps-position/id405865492?mt=8 > > Noli > > > On 3/6/11, Andre Marcelo-Tanner <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well what can he carry, a GPS logger is easy to carry and runs fine on >> batt but it only logs, so what possible device can be used to log and >> upload at the same time >> or if it just logs, how often can an upload be done? >> >> Once you have something which can upload, you just figure out how to >> display the logs online using a website or a 3rd party service. >> >> Something like Sportstracklive or its competitors let you track yourself >> live using a phone or similar device and display it live online, the >> problem with constant upload is the battery drain, and well GPRS charges >> but im sure an 1200 unlimited 3G subscription might offset that. >> >> I know the developer of sportstracklive, he's a foreigner living the >> philippines. >> >> It's cool for live tracking as longs its not a security issue, and allow >> people to comment or alert people as he passes by certain areas. >> >> I know he walks during the day, is there a mobile device charges solar >> unit :) or a really low powered GPS + 3g unit + solar power charger, or >> some dynamo that will charge the phone as he walks :) >> >> On 3:59 AM, maning sambale wrote: >>> StepJuan is back on the road. For brief background, we helped Tomas >>> and the StepJuan crew last year in mapping his journey from Paguppud >>> Ilocos to Matnog, Sorsogon. We provided him one of the gpstogo units >>> to track the whole journey. All traces are in OSM: >>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/traces/tag/stepjuan >>> >>> This year he is planning to do the Visayas leg. I'm looking for ideas >>> on how we can once again track the journey and show a webmap. Are >>> there any GPS tracker available wherein we can directly interface to >>> an OSM map? The StepJuan crew is looking for sponsorships, if you >>> have ideas, just post em here. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> >>> Hi firends, >>> StepJuan is walking to town again! This time me and my team will walk >>> through the 6 major islands of the Visayas Region, starting from Allen >>> Samar and will end in Boracay Island, Aklan. This adventure will >>> benefit children with cancer under the Philippine Children's Medical >>> Center (tawid kalusugan program for indigent patients). With this i >>> would like to ask for your help. Attached is a cover letter, the walk >>> IT and our media plan. >>> Hoping for your help and guidance. >>> God Bless. >>> Love and Peace, >>> ~Tomas Leonor >>> Director/ Founder: StepJuan >>> www.stepjuan.com >>> [email protected] >>> +639152166693/ +639193622182 >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> > -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
