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

AndyInFl · Nov 26, 2007

staryon said:
Before calling outlook, I make a query to this site http://metamark.net
to convert the URL, so it looks shorter.
It seems that website is down now, and that's why you were getting that error.
Try a couple of times and let me know what happened.

Thanks

Now it brings up my email choices and creates the email. Pretty cool!

I sent myself the email and clicked on the link. The link brings up: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&l=enge which is a starting page for GM. It didn't transfer my coordinates.

Correction:
It works perfectly when the link is accessed from my laptop. It just doesn't display on my Tilt

vitri · Nov 26, 2007

staryon said:
sorry, but I'm not sure if understand.
Do you mean that you would like to upload data every 2 seconds?

yes , I talk abut the time diference betwin tracks points.
menu---> config--->storage--------store every ----here I can not put less than 10 seconds.
and the diference betwin tracks points in a town or in small city when you go fast , 10 secs are too much. , is posible 2 o 3 seconds??

thanks for all

jumpjack · Nov 26, 2007

81 thread pages in ome month!!!

People appears quite interested on this topic!

Maybe also owners on non-windows PDAs are interested?
Well, good news for Symbian owners:

Draft of Symbian s60 Python program for turning a phone into a GPS tracker:

Code:

import inbox
import e32
import socket
import appuifw
import messaging

def read_sms(id):
    e32.ao_sleep(0.1)
    i=inbox.Inbox()
    sms_text=i.content(id)
    appuifw.note(u"Messaggio da elaborare: " + sms_text, "info")
    # esegue procedure diverse a seconda del messaggio ricevuto.
    # Ad esempio, legge coordinate da GPS:
    sock=socket.socket(socket.AF_BT,socket.SOCK_STREAM)
    address,service=socket.bt_discover()    ' cerca ricevitore.
    target=(address,service.values()[0]) ' si collega
    sock.connect(target)' al ricevitore.
    to_gps=sock.makefile("r",0) ' prepara lettura coordinate.
    msg=to_gps.readline() ' legge riga.
    messaging.sms_send("[NUMERO], msg) ' invia SMS contenente coordinate.

' Collega ricezione messaggi ad esecuzione procedura:    
i=inbox.Inbox()
i.bind(read_sms)

For UIQ phones with PersonalJava and Javaphone:
http://jumpjack.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/car-anti-theft-with-javaphone-pda/

Tracking over GoogleEarth (to be implemented, shouldn't be difficult):
http://luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html

bottkars · Nov 26, 2007

staryon said:
Hi bottkars!

Why don't you use the option 'Don't upload consecutive points if distance is less than...'

It should give you the same functionality.

That changed a few versions ago. If you get the latest server files, the file is still there but the program is not really using it anymore. Now it's linked to some google's icon

Yes, I thought about that too. I will probably add that soon.

I asked the 2 last users who were having the problem to test the GPSInit application, but they never answered. That would help me to find the problem.

Regards

Sorry, updated to the new Version, now using the new pins ....

For the Profiles, The Idea behind this is as well having different "what am I doing " stored. Currently, I seperate my Trips ( Bike, Car, Run Walk . . .) by having different Users. I love to have that beiing part of the Database and select your Activity via Provile ( maybe an Activity Button

)

So, the selectinon on the Web Page Lateron would not be Users but activity.

Artemis, yes I tried GPS Inint:

Without, hitting start on TRACKME freezes Artemis
With GPSINIT in the Baclk,starting of TRACKME freezes Artemis
With open, init, exit , hitting start on TRACKME freezes Artemis

bottkars · Nov 26, 2007

staryon said:
hey guys,
new version available

- Now you can force an update. You can specify a custom icon and some comments for this update.
- Interface has been changed a little bit.
- Ability to send emails with your current position.

Attached is the sql script that updates the database for users using their own servers.

jcleek, let me know if you have questions about the custom icons, and how this information is stored.

daesimps, if you are still using the program (you said you were going to stop using it until the problem that you are having was fixed), I have added an option in the GPS settings called 'Log GPS positions to a file'. You can enable this option and if you got that problem again, you can send me the generated file located in the trackme folder letting me know the date a time when the problem happened. This will help me to find the problem. Thanks

for those sql dummies like me, just do a

Code:

ALTER TABLE `positions` ADD `FK_Icons_ID` int( 11 ) AFTER `FK_Trips_ID` ;
ALTER TABLE `positions` ADD `Comments` VARCHAR( 255 ) AFTER `DateOccurred` ;

How can I upload the customized icons for use with force Update ?

Uuups, found it in database.sql ....

The new GUI looks good !!!
Karsten

odie3 · Nov 26, 2007

staryon,

I know you been trying to find GPS Position tracking errors, for me Lat/Long /Alt have been pretty stable. However, I do get a number of negative Speed values. Perhaps if you get a negative speed for some reason you can just use zero instead or perhaps have TrackMe re-check the GPS Position?

daesimps · Nov 26, 2007

I have included some of the lines from the gpspositions.txt file below in. It looks like it is the (internal) GPS receiver which is not giving correct information. I am going to try JCleek's method of not telling the receiver to turn off and on in between updates.

[26/11/07 11:02:56] $GPGGA,110355.2,5202.424909,N,00505.480278,W,1,03,25.5,5001.5,M,,,,*1A|52.04041515|-5.09133796666667|5001.5|26/11/07 11:02:55
[26/11/07 11:55:12] $GPGGA,115557.0,5104.137831,N,00747.019314,W,1,02,25.5,8117.0,M,,,,*15|51.06896385|-7.78365523333333|8117|26/11/07 11:55:11
[26/11/07 12:24:48] $GPGGA,122532.0,5347.672767,N,00132.509215,W,1,03,25.5,66.0,M,,,,*13|53.7945461166667|-1.54182025|66|26/11/07 12:24:47
[26/11/07 12:33:25] $GPGGA,123408.9,5347.686192,N,00132.476933,W,1,02,25.5,65.5,M,,,,*15|53.7947698666667|-1.54128221666667|65.5|26/11/07 12:33:24
[26/11/07 12:41:56] $GPGGA,124240.0,5347.725821,N,00132.783117,W,1,03,13.0,140.0,M,,,,*2D|53.79543035|-1.54638528333333|140|26/11/07 12:41:55
[26/11/07 12:48:52] $GPGGA,124936.0,5347.749247,N,00132.690435,W,1,01,25.5,140.0,M,,,,*23|53.7958207833333|-1.54484058333333|140|26/11/07 12:48:51

The correct co-ordinates were the ones around 53.7945461166667,-1.54182025 (which was a valid point on my journey - on foot). This co-ordinate is still a good 400m off target however.

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

AndyInFl said:
Now it brings up my email choices and creates the email. Pretty cool!

I sent myself the email and clicked on the link. The link brings up: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&l=enge which is a starting page for GM. It didn't transfer my coordinates.

Correction:
It works perfectly when the link is accessed from my laptop. It just doesn't display on my Tilt

hmm.. it seems still doesn't work. I'll take a look later.

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

vitri said:
yes , I talk abut the time diference betwin tracks points.
menu---> config--->storage--------store every ----here I can not put less than 10 seconds.
and the diference betwin tracks points in a town or in small city when you go fast , 10 secs are too much. , is posible 2 o 3 seconds??

thanks for all

I'm sorry but I prefer not to have so much traffic and storage in the database.
On the other hand, if you open GE or GM with, let's say, 10 seconds every update, you almost see nothing, because there are tons of pushpins.

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

jumpjack said:
81 thread pages in ome month!!! People appears quite interested on this topic!

Maybe also owners on non-windows PDAs are interested?
Well, good news for Symbian owners:

Draft of Symbian s60 Python program for turning a phone into a GPS tracker:

Code:

import inbox import e32 import socket import appuifw import messaging def read_sms(id): e32.ao_sleep(0.1) i=inbox.Inbox() sms_text=i.content(id) appuifw.note(u"Messaggio da elaborare: " + sms_text, "info") # esegue procedure diverse a seconda del messaggio ricevuto. # Ad esempio, legge coordinate da GPS: sock=socket.socket(socket.AF_BT,socket.SOCK_STREAM) address,service=socket.bt_discover() ' cerca ricevitore. target=(address,service.values()[0]) ' si collega sock.connect(target)' al ricevitore. to_gps=sock.makefile("r",0) ' prepara lettura coordinate. msg=to_gps.readline() ' legge riga. messaging.sms_send("[NUMERO], msg) ' invia SMS contenente coordinate. ' Collega ricezione messaggi ad esecuzione procedura: i=inbox.Inbox() i.bind(read_sms)

For UIQ phones with PersonalJava and Javaphone:
http://jumpjack.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/car-anti-theft-with-javaphone-pda/

Tracking over GoogleEarth (to be implemented, shouldn't be difficult):
http://luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html

Sounds interesting. However, as you may guess, I'm very busy with the current version adding and fixing features. However, I would like to take a look in the future.

Thanks for the information.

jcleek · Nov 26, 2007

Staryon,

I am not in a position today to generate any test data with the new features. Can you send me a SQL dump of a trip with the forced locations, comments, etc so I can put it on my server to test my script?

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

bottkars said:
Without, hitting start on TRACKME freezes Artemis
With GPSINIT in the Baclk,starting of TRACKME freezes Artemis
With open, init, exit , hitting start on TRACKME freezes Artemis

It seems that opening COM ports is a different adventure with Artemis.
I'll do some research on the internet about this when I have some time. Who knows, maybe it's something very easy to fix.

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

bottkars said:
for those sql dummies like me, just do a

Code:

ALTER TABLE `positions` ADD `FK_Icons_ID` int( 11 ) AFTER `FK_Trips_ID` ; ALTER TABLE `positions` ADD `Comments` VARCHAR( 255 ) AFTER `DateOccurred` ;

How can I upload the customized icons for use with force Update ?

Uuups, found it in database.sql ....

The new GUI looks good !!!
Karsten

Check my previous post. I attached a file called update.zip that includes the script that updates your current database.
Please don't use those SQL statements that your mentioned because they are incomplete and may cause errors with TrackMe.

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

odie3 said:
staryon,

I know you been trying to find GPS Position tracking errors, for me Lat/Long /Alt have been pretty stable. However, I do get a number of negative Speed values. Perhaps if you get a negative speed for some reason you can just use zero instead or perhaps have TrackMe re-check the GPS Position?

odie3,

Do you think you can enable the GPS log and send me the file gpspositions.txt when you get that error?

Thanks

odie3 · Nov 26, 2007

staryon said:
odie3,

Do you think you can enable the GPS log and send me the file gpspositions.txt when you get that error?

Thanks

Sure why not, I generally get at least one bad value while going home or to work. With a little luck (or bad luck depending on your view) I'll have something for you tonight.

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

daesimps said:
I have included some of the lines from the gpspositions.txt file below in. It looks like it is the (internal) GPS receiver which is not giving correct information. I am going to try JCleek's method of not telling the receiver to turn off and on in between updates.

[26/11/07 11:02:56] $GPGGA,110355.2,5202.424909,N,00505.480278,W,1,03,25.5,5001.5,M,,,,*1A|52.04041515|-5.09133796666667|5001.5|26/11/07 11:02:55
[26/11/07 11:55:12] $GPGGA,115557.0,5104.137831,N,00747.019314,W,1,02,25.5,8117.0,M,,,,*15|51.06896385|-7.78365523333333|8117|26/11/07 11:55:11
[26/11/07 12:24:48] $GPGGA,122532.0,5347.672767,N,00132.509215,W,1,03,25.5,66.0,M,,,,*13|53.7945461166667|-1.54182025|66|26/11/07 12:24:47
[26/11/07 12:33:25] $GPGGA,123408.9,5347.686192,N,00132.476933,W,1,02,25.5,65.5,M,,,,*15|53.7947698666667|-1.54128221666667|65.5|26/11/07 12:33:24
[26/11/07 12:41:56] $GPGGA,124240.0,5347.725821,N,00132.783117,W,1,03,13.0,140.0,M,,,,*2D|53.79543035|-1.54638528333333|140|26/11/07 12:41:55
[26/11/07 12:48:52] $GPGGA,124936.0,5347.749247,N,00132.690435,W,1,01,25.5,140.0,M,,,,*23|53.7958207833333|-1.54484058333333|140|26/11/07 12:48:51

The correct co-ordinates were the ones around 53.7945461166667,-1.54182025 (which was a valid point on my journey - on foot). This co-ordinate is still a good 400m off target however.

That's very interesting. You also get the weird altitude when you get the wrong longitude. However, your latitude doesn't seem as bad as your longitude.
Let me ask you something, in trackme you can choose the com number and the speed. Did you change the speed by any chance?

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

jcleek said:
Staryon,

I am not in a position today to generate any test data with the new features. Can you send me a SQL dump of a trip with the forced locations, comments, etc so I can put it on my server to test my script?

I don't have any data at this moment with custom icons. I will try to create something later when I go to lunch.

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

staryon said:
That's very interesting. You also get the weird altitude when you get the wrong longitude. However, it seems your latitude is always correct...
Let me ask you something, in trackme you can choose the com number and the speed. Did you change the speed by any chance?

One more thing... Are you using the KaiserTweak tool?
That tool has an option that enables Assisted-GPS. I haven't tried it, but I think that should give you positions based on cell tower locations when you got a poor reception. Not sure about this... but maybe that could explain that you get those values.

SPYUK · Nov 26, 2007

I'm using the code below posted earlier in this thread & it works great except that the map display doesn't centre on my journey. I have to drag the map down to see all the points, no big deal but would be nice to get it to zoom to cover all the points. Any idea's

<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2.x&key=mykey" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
var map;
var geoXml = new GGeoXml("http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme/routes/myname.kml");

function load() {
if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(0,0),0,G_HYBRID_MAP);

map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
map.enableScrollWheelZoom();
map.addOverlay(geoXml);

map.setCenter(geoXml.getDefaultCenter());

geoXml.gotoDefaultViewport(map);
}
}
//]]>
</script>

_LEM_ · Nov 26, 2007

Anybody is using now Google Maps?
It's very weird. If I specify my KML file it will display an old KML file from yesterday. If I open the same KML file in Google Earth, it works fine.

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