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PostPosted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:58 am 
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Dear All,

I’m pretty new to gps but, as a developer, I’m keen to explore new things and tinker about :-)

I’m using my gps receiver to track my car’s position, send that position over the internet to my website with a database, from which my wife can see where I am, in real-time. I think that’s cool, but then I’m a bit of a geek.

It’s not a perfect system, it’s not finished, actually it in pieces but its working :-)

I wanted to know if anyone else would be interested in trying it out. Its free and has not guarantee of working all of the time as its in development, and privacy is out the window, but if you got the equipment and the interest, you can post data to the database on the move, and pull it off later, others can also see where you are “now” just by typing in your username.

Why am I asking others to use this system even though its way not finished? Because I need feedback! As I said I’m no gps guru. I don’t know what others would expect from such a system. All I am interested in is allowing my wife to see where I am, and eventually where my kids are (mobile phone tracking hehe). I want to polish it up but I know there are a thousand other uses for the system and I know it would be useful, especially if its free.

If you would like to get involved or if you got any questions please post a reply here and I’ll get back to you.

Thanks!
Sean


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GPS receivers do not send data. They receive only. How are you getting the position back?


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thats right! you need to be a box of tricks between the gps receiver and the Internet server. I've written a program for a pc or laptop that does this. it transmits the signal to the internet server from which others can see your current position.


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ok, GPSClient is ready and available to download.

Anyone brave enough to test is very welcome!

http://aspspider.onfo/seanpu1

Enjoy and Thanks!!


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:02 pm 
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ok, GPSClient is ready and available to download.

Anyone brave enough to test is very welcome!

http://aspspider.info/seanpu1

Enjoy and Thanks!!


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Hi again.

Site as moved to http://gps.kicks-ass.net/gps_buddy/

Just bought myself a XDA Orbit Windows Mobile PocketPC with built in GPS receiver! Happy Days! So I'm just now writing an application to grab the mobile's location and send it to my website and a few others.

Keep you posted.
Sean


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Can not download GPSClient, "Page cannot be found"


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should be working now


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 Post subject: The other way round ?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:57 pm 
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Sean

Can you take an address, waypoint or point of interest and put it into the XDA and have it calculate the route ?

Presumably you could also email out the tracking info ?

Nick


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