Is there a GPS alarm? - Wake Me Up when I am "there"

[fiftyclick]

Although I own a mogul and a bluetooth GPS, i don't own a car and still take the bus/train/taxi/ferry to and from work. Does anyone know of a program that can sound a customizable alarm/command based on GPS location?

I was hoping for something like rk-Sleep or rk-Location -- both of these programs can run intricate sets of commands based on location, but this only uses cell towers and not gps.

rk-LocSwitch: Phone Tower based app/commandline trigger
>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=328114

rk-Sleep: Location based auto Phone Switch
>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...76#post1428076
Maybe I might find a mort script that can help.

[shandar]

That would be so cool!

(Yes, pointless post, but I'd love a program like that.)

[ww2250]

isn't that a navigation software exactly what you want? enter your destination and done.

[bigflavor]

I think this would be a great feature for Google Maps, especially with the My Location thing. I feel like it's a bit out of the scope of their program, but I think I'll recommend it.

[tomazez]

you could enter a range of coordinates and execute a file when you are there,
it shouldnt be that difficult to make, is it? you dont need any map software. you could locate the coordinates on google maps and then put them in the program or something liek that:p

[moochermick]

Couldn't you just replace the sound file in the sat nav software thats says "You have arrived" with a bell/ring sound file.

[fiftyclick]

The idea of changing the "you have arrived" or the sound files in general would be a great idea, except it would still make an extremely battery intensive program with the screen on, running a full mapping program and all.

I like the idea of using the coordinates, because really that is all I would need (and most mapping programs can tell me that in advance anyways.

Now, just need to find some source code to mash together!

[E_Shinobi]

This would be so helpful.

Anybody who claims there is no point in programming such an application has never fallen asleep in a train/bus because of alcohol and slept through the whole ride missing their stop.

[arene]

This would be so helpful.

Anybody who claims there is no point in programming such an application has never fallen asleep in a train/bus because of alcohol and slept through the whole ride missing their stop.
http://www.trackr.eu/ has promised a tool like this. When you enter a specific location or when you leave a predefined line you can send a email or sms.

When you send it to yourself and make a rule in Phonealarm for example, voila you have what the topicstarter wanted

[mbritten]

you could check out:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340667

there is a geo fence feature that you could set up, so when you get within "x" distance of where you are going it will send you a text message or email, the notification could wake you up.


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[lthown]

Finally found a program that does this!

BeelineGPS http://www.visualgps.net/BeeLineGPS/ Has the option to sec "Active" POIs - when you set one up you give it the lat and lon and you can tell it how far away you want it to play the associated sound file. So I set it up with a bus stop and told it to play some Offspring when I am within a mile of my stop, worked like a charm!

They list the feature as being useful for doing an audio tour, I guess something like "you are currently in front of the south entrance, this is where we buried all the dead bodies"

Now, Beeline will keep the device awake but that keeps the screen on and touchscreen active, If you turn off the device it turns off the GPS and Beeline loses the lock. The solution is to have an audio player (I'm using Pocket Tunes) running in the foreground, then you can turn off the device, the GPS stays active and the alarm sounds come through your headphones. If you want silence you could run TrackMe or another program that has the ability to turn off the screen and keep the OS working.

I also created a bunch of crossroad POIs and associated the street names spoken by AT&T's text to wav site http://www.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php so I can know where I am without even opening my eyes.

[MACkjam]

This would be so helpful.

Anybody who claims there is no point in programming such an application has never fallen asleep in a train/bus because of alcohol and slept through the whole ride missing their stop.

There's the problem then......don't drink and you won't fall asleep..hahaha!!!