The ultimate Question tracking your XDAII around the world

[Arthur]

After FINALY finding a working way to get TomTom nav 2 working on my XDA2
(with the Lead from the XDA.1)

I was Driveing arround and Thourt to myself...

Is there a way to Transmit my GPS Map refrence point Via GPRS
Back to my home PC where the Map refrence can be Linked
to an on screen map at home?

Much the same way the GPS plotting is linked to TomTom Maps
for navigateing.

[Arthur]

been thinking about this more today.

shurely the data from the GPS isnt too big,
If there was a way to relay the data onto a IP address (home pc)
and have a Map program like TomToms understand that data
in the same way TomTom maps do, then you (or ya missus)
could track your position.

ok mebe not in real time, but im not a Tech so i have no idea how much
Data is involved in GPS plotting but a 5 second delay wouldnt be bad would it?

this is kinda the way GPS tracking works in tracking stolen cars i guess
but now we have GPS on our lovley XDA2's we to can transmit that data
Via GPRS couldnt we ?

[chioque]

I think you can have a look at this solution:

http://www.geocities.com/gps2sms/

It's using SMS, GPS to track your current coordinate. It's free. You could tailor it if you want.

[chioque]

Sorry I forgot to mention that currently it works with Nokia or Siemens phone with a laptop. The Nokia phones are there to act as the modem.

It doesn't work with XDA but I was just thinking about thse app's idea of using the phone to send the current coordinate. the O2 can replace the laptop and send using SMS or GPRS to a central location (your server) and updates it real time

[pjcltd]

I am doing a program for the XDA II that will send your GPS location back to a given number i will post a few screen shots if you like.

You will be able to select any com port that you like it works at the moment with All TOMTOM devices.



Paul J

[Puff The Magic Wagon!]

DA Systems (http://www.da-systems.co.uk) & their Nexus/NX product for the XDA1 & 2

I have done simillar using area codes and also with fixed GPRS/GPS units.

You need to send Lat/Long & ID to specific IP/port via GPRS, then add that to a database, which can be parsed by a mapping program such as MapPoint.

Cheaper than SMS ;)

[Qman]

I am doing a program for the XDA II that will send your GPS location back to a given number i will post a few screen shots if you like.

You will be able to select any com port that you like it works at the moment with All TOMTOM devices.



Paul J

Yes please post a few screen shots!

[pjcltd]

http://www.pjpj.co.uk/images/pics1.jpg
This is the Com port Bit and the GPS bit
I will post more later

[Pope]

Wireless Delivered (www.talecom.net) has been doing this for over a year using the XDA I!

It even has an real-time map online where you can go and look at where your XDA is! 8)

[Puff The Magic Wagon!]

Richard

Ah! But has it being working for over a year? ;)












Sorry - couldn't resist ;)

[Arthur]

intresting stuff

but is there a simple app that i can hunt the net for ?

[pjcltd]

no thats why i am doing one
I work for a company that uses tracking (GPS) phones and we have looked for a system for the ipaq and the xda that we could use in our software.

[55JWB]

I use http://www.mapamobile.co.uknot very accurate though

[mgolanlan]

if I understand you correctly, if your code is running, my wife can
see where I am from home, but I can't run my moving map :-)

what we really need is to "install" a new COM5 etc port,
so that TomTom reads COM5, our program reads COM4
where the real GPS is installed, and send it over SMS/GPRS.


Scheme

GPS -> COM4 -> sent to home
-> also copied to COM5 -> local GPS(tomtom) display


I'm not sure how to setup a "virtual COM" on PPC. It is pretty
easy to implement on UNIX (virtual tty).

Ideally, someone should write a "dblCOM" utility.
it takes COM4 and copies its output to COM5 and COM6 ...
it takes input from either COM5/6 and copies back to COM4 ...
(com# are configurable of course)

this way we can run TWO DIFFERENT GPS SOFTWARES at the same
time. this is far more useful than you might think... one could be
a visual display of your speed/acceleration/etc, the other moving map.


serial+gps+camera+voice record+gprs in one fast computer box
is a mighty powerful machine.

think of connecting it to the engine monitor in the car and having
a complete monitor, not to mention a blackbox, for every car
on the planet ... you can even pinpoint drunk driving in real time
using special intuitive software ... and the government will probably
make it mandatory in every car before 2020 ... yak.

Did you know that the first matrix was a perfect human world?
It was a disaster...

[Puff The Magic Wagon!]

Get the TomTom SDK & you can do most/all of the above.

The SDK has the ability to make GPS positional data available to another program as well as TomTom. You then just need to create a vehicle for sending the data back to a remote location.

[JimDavis]

The real question should be - "Do you really want your wife tracking where you are?" 8)

[cairo31male]

I have been doing this for some time now:

1. Use Oziexplorer for navigation on XDA1 / XDA 2
2. Use Net GPS to send GPS data to a web server through GPRS (Or GSM) (you can use it alone or with Oziexplorer on the XDA)
3. Use Oziexplorer for PC on remote PC, connected to the webserver through Internet

http://www.oziexplorer.com
http://www.gpsvehiclenavigation.com/GPS/netgps.php

[chioque]

I like to share this URL of not too dissimilar project by one person which I happened to stumble in the newsgroup:

http://www.brains-n-brawn.com/default.aspx?vDir=nosink

Some source code samples are given to give some idea.

[Redstorm]

Hey you guys

I cant believe that your trying to reinvent the wheel

Have you not heard of Co Pilot Live 4

It does exactly what you want, despite being a better SatNav Program anyway IMHO having street names as well as road numbers read out verbally it also allows you to log on to their website and see EXACTLY where you are and even your direction of travel from your home PC. AND it even allows you to communicate by sending text messages to the PPC with custom design responses.

Imagine the wife can now ask you

What time will you be home from work? [6pm] [7pm] [8pm] [9pm]

Can you pick up little johnny from the School Play? [YES] [NO]

Oh what Joy!!!!

As some poster said "Do you really want your wife to be able to pinpoint the car 24/7
Check out their website

www.alk.eu.com

Hope this helps