GPS Tracking

OriginalNick2 · 01-13-2005, 05:13 AM

Wrote this up in the PhoneControl forum andwas wondering if you could add your opinions as you have successfully integrated PHoCo.......
here
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...307#post352307

johnwharrison · 01-13-2005, 06:40 AM

To be honest, I think it might be easier to write a separate proggie that will dial *99# (activate GPRS) and then upload the file to your preset address.

johnwharrison · 01-13-2005, 06:45 AM

were you thinking of using this to track your vehicle?

thinking about it, it would be possible to write an asp page to track the vehicle by getting your carpc to visit that page periodically, and the ASP page would log it to a database.

for example a web page like

Quote:

"www. domain. com/ nickstracker.asp?currentlatitude=53.14532&currentl ongtitude=0.134"

the page would then save the current lat and lon, and any other info you want, to the database.

Would that help? If so, let me know, and I will build one for you.

johnwharrison · 01-13-2005, 06:48 AM

me again... the database would also then be able to see where your vehicle was last, and show it on multimap or something like that.... ooh this idea is building up....

OriginalNick2 · 01-13-2005, 08:24 AM

sounds perfect!!! rock on!!

Prindle19 · 01-13-2005, 08:46 AM

lousey prime meridian straddlers!.... "currentlongtitude=0.134"

johnwharrison · 01-13-2005, 11:02 AM

I will have a play tonight....

then I will work on this asp page

OriginalNick2 · 01-13-2005, 11:20 AM

Mrbmw99 · 01-13-2005, 12:49 PM

I just built something very similar, only I used the PHP format instead of asp. My application was not for tracking vehicles, but instead computers. There is a VB application yhat runs on a client machine which navigates to "www. domain .com / track / update .php?user=John&localip=192.168.1.100&remoteip=64.5 6.123.98". Basically it allows the PHP to save these variables to a text file on the server that is titled based on the users name.

If you could get yor vehicle to connect and bring up this PHP page with your GPS data, iit would be extrenely easy to log and even display on a map.

My suggestion... Perhaps you should look into a web-enabled phone? You said you were going to put a seperate phone hidden in the vehicle, so it doesnt matter what method it uses. I would see if I could get the phones web browser itself to navigate to the certain address upon recieving the command somehow.

Brett W

DallasCamaro · 01-13-2005, 01:02 PM

This is a cool idea. If we could build a big database for everyone on here...

ukchris · 01-13-2005, 01:17 PM

I wrote a prototype in Delphi that does this. It tracks the position then based on a timer initiates a DUN (GPRS) connection and calls a URL using the LAT/LON as parameters (I also had it sending an email). You could then link from the mail or a web page to the location using GPSVisualizer.

The code was/is rough and ready proof of concept and is stalled at the moment but I'd be more than happy to send it to anyone interested in pursuing it further. It used Delphi 6 with a couple of freeware/shareware components for the GPS and DUN sections.

There's a thread and the app on here somewhere, probably in software development, I can dig up a link to the download if anyone wants to play around with the executable.

Chris.

ukchris · 01-13-2005, 01:21 PM

Live Location Tracking : http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...ht=GPS+Tracker

Creating a GPX track of where your car has been : http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...ht=GPS+Tracker

johnwharrison · 01-15-2005, 11:41 AM

kinda p1ss3d on our bonfire there.........

ukchris · 01-15-2005, 12:14 PM

I really didn't intend to, and don't think I did. My failing is that I start lots of projects and finish very few, if what I did can be adapted or taken further I'd be thrilled and more than happy to share the source and any experiences I gained along the way.

OriginalNick2 · 01-17-2005, 03:55 AM

What do we think??