TrackMe GPS/CellID Tracking tool for Google Earth & Google Maps

_LEM_ · Oct 29, 2007

JorSlz said:
I installed it on my Wing, but it is not responding.

first error I got. unable to open port 4

I changed to port 1 and what I get is - waiting for gps respond.

not working for me.

Do I have to be outside the house for this or online?

If you get that is because you are not selecting the right port of your GPS.
Try to check what com port your GPS is using (maybe with other programs that you use for your GPS) and set that com port in TrackMe.

As soon as TrackMe gets an answer from the GPS, you should see a message saying 'Searching for satellites...'
You should get that message even if you are indoors.

ghale · Oct 29, 2007

Mmmhh...
I tap on Start
Status is connected.
Satellistes: 08

But...
I see: No lat/long info: $GPGGA,220436.0

and similar.

What's wrong with my GPS?

I use other GPS software and all it's ok.

Someone can help me, please?

BTW: the application is very good!

_LEM_ · Oct 29, 2007

ghale said:
Mmmhh...
I tap on Start
Status is connected.
Satellistes: 08

But...
I see: No lat/long info: $GPGGA,220436.0

and similar.

What's wrong with my GPS?

I use other GPS software and all it's ok.

Someone can help me, please?

BTW: the application is very good!

ghale, could you please try the attached version?
I just made a change that will create 2 log files called gpsdata.dat and gpserror.dat as soon as you start getting data from the GPS.
(the files will be located in your Program Files\TrackMe folder on your PDA)

Please try the program until you start getting those errors for a while.
After that please post a message attaching the files.

That info will help me to debug why is not working on yours.

Thanks

ghale · Oct 29, 2007

Done.

Posted the two files.

I'll wait for a response.

Thanks,
ghale.

_LEM_ · Oct 29, 2007

ghale,

Sorry to bother you again. Could you please download the previous attached file again? As soon as I uploaded it, I noticed that I forgot to include something and I uploaded again. However, it seems that you got the previous version.

Please try it again and if you can, send me also the file trackme.dat , just in case is a problem with the configuration values.

I think it will be easy to fix, as soon as I find out what is causing the problem.

If you want to, you can use my email: emluisREMOVETHIS@gmail.com

Thanks a lot!

tariq_niazi · Oct 29, 2007

I run my own web server. Is it possible to have the kml sent to my webserver? If not, what do I need to make it happen?

- TKN

surur · Oct 29, 2007

Great software. Keep up the development.

Surur

_LEM_ · Oct 29, 2007

tariq_niazi said:
I run my own web server. Is it possible to have the kml sent to my webserver? If not, what do I need to make it happen?

- TKN

It's the server the one that generates the KML file.

I will provide soon a version where you can upload the information to your own server and I will also include the php files that you need to copy to your server. (it should be very simple to setup)

ghale · Oct 29, 2007

I've sent the files to you gmail account.

Let me know, and thanks very much for a such application!

while(!(linux)){wm} · Oct 29, 2007

Staryon,

Your program looks very promising!

Personally, all i would need your program to do is make an HTML call with the information in the URL. I could write my own script to receive the call and generate the KML file. Could you possibly allow a custom server configuration? I could take care of the rest i think.

Also... could you make a setting that tells the program to turn off the GPS between fixes? That way, i could set it to take a fix every hour or so, and it wouldn't drain my battery in between.

Thanks a lot!

scottwilkins · Oct 29, 2007

How about just save the kml file off to the PDA, and/or allow e-mailing out? That way an external server is not needed.

tariq_niazi · Oct 29, 2007

staryon said:
It's the server the one that generates the KML file.

I will provide soon a version where you can upload the information to your own server and I will also include the php files that you need to copy to your server. (it should be very simple to setup)

Thank you very much! I just cannot wait to see how it works on my server. I am using GPSGate.com right now and it is neat using their Google Maps feature. However, there are a lot of mis-trackings too. Also, do you plan on releasing a version for Google Maps (using API) in the future?

- TKN

sherpa · Oct 30, 2007

scottwilkins said:
How about just save the kml file off to the PDA, and/or allow e-mailing out? That way an external server is not needed.

I was wondering about the same thing. Would it be possible to have an option to save the data to a KML file instead of uploading it to the server? I do not have any data service and would love to use it offline.

azop · Oct 30, 2007

staryon said:
It's the server the one that generates the KML file.

I will provide soon a version where you can upload the information to your own server and I will also include the php files that you need to copy to your server. (it should be very simple to setup)

This would be awesome. My server is sitting here waiting for the php files

_LEM_ · Oct 30, 2007

while(!(linux)){wm} said:
Staryon,

Your program looks very promising!

Personally, all i would need your program to do is make an HTML call with the information in the URL. I could write my own script to receive the call and generate the KML file. Could you possibly allow a custom server configuration? I could take care of the rest i think.

Yes, that would be possible. I'm going to add an option where you can specify the server IP instead of being hard-coded to my server. You will just need to listen to port 80 and process the requests.
I will provide more information about the format of the URLs that are sent from the program.

while(!(linux)){wm} said:
Also... could you make a setting that tells the program to turn off the GPS between fixes? That way, i could set it to take a fix every hour or so, and it wouldn't drain my battery in between.
Thanks a lot!

That's a great idea. I'll try to add that feature as soon as possible.

_LEM_ · Oct 30, 2007

ghale said:
I've sent the files to you gmail account.

Let me know, and thanks very much for a such application!

Thanks a lot, ghale. I will finish fixing that problem tomorrow... I'm almost falling asleep

This problem only affects to PDAs whose regional settings use a comma instead of a dot as a decimal pointer.

_LEM_ · Oct 30, 2007

scottwilkins said:
How about just save the kml file off to the PDA, and/or allow e-mailing out? That way an external server is not needed.

In that case all the information should be stored in a flat file. I think I could add an option that generates a KML file based on that flat file. I will add it to the to-do list.

Thanks for your suggestions!

_LEM_ · Oct 30, 2007

tariq_niazi said:
Also, do you plan on releasing a version for Google Maps (using API) in the future?

- TKN

I haven't thought about it, but I think it shouldn't be difficult to add. I'll take a look. Thanks!

_LEM_ · Oct 30, 2007

sherpa said:
I was wondering about the same thing. Would it be possible to have an option to save the data to a KML file instead of uploading it to the server? I do not have any data service and would love to use it offline.

Until I add that, you can use do it offline. Just check the option 'If unable to upload position, store in a file for later uploading. Use Tools->'Upload offline positions' for uploading later.'

Later when you get home and you sync your pda, you can upload the positions to the server, by going to Tools->'Upload offline positions'

tariq_niazi · Oct 30, 2007

staryon said:
Yes, that would be possible. I'm going to add an option where you can specify the server IP instead of being hard-coded to my server. You will just need to listen to port 80 and process the requests.
I will provide more information about the format of the URLs that are sent from the program.

That's a great idea. I'll try to add that feature as soon as possible.

Are you going to have the option to change the port? I am using port 80 strictly for web server.

- TKN

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