On 11/4/05, Jim Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i've got a potential project for a trucking company in new orleans that > needs to use gps to locate trucks and post data to a central web site. > most of the gps devices cater to folks that want to know where to go. i > need to know where the trucks are to determine if folks are making their > deliveries or hanging out in the truck stop all day. > > i'm thinking about getting notebook pcs equiped with wireless internet > (perhaps the sprint national network flavor) and a gps device. if each > of the 30 trucks sent email every 10 minutes and a program posted the > data to a central web site, i'd be happy. > > any proposals from folks familiar with the tasks at hand?
Jim, I would prefer to use a computing device more suited to an Industrial Environment(and summer in New Orleans is industrial strength). A device like a PC-104 module would run Linux in ram quite well for this application. A multitude of products are available from vendors like Ampro, Micro/sys, and WinSystems all designed for the severe Automobile environment(80 volt spikes, 140 degree temps, etc). You could do a 'proof of concept' of the system on a laptop. (I have to run out for a while, this is a quick note, more info if you want it, price is free as no one else seems to want my experience) john mitchell -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
