RE-Post: Google Maps and your GPS

RPM_VR4 · 04-09-2005, 12:44 AM

Have you guys seen this: http://gmap.glenmurphy.com/

It uses your GPS to center on Google Maps. In my opinion, Google maps looks better than any nav program, plus they now have satelite photography view. It's only a matter of time before they add traffic to the map too. This is Google after all.

If this could be built in to CF, that would be totally cool! We already have traffic in CF, maybe it would be easy to just build this code into that.

Speaking of traffic, I would also like it if when you load traffic it could auto scroll down and to the right a configurable amount to have the traffic map propperly centered.

As for needing internet, I don't use GPS that often and can plug in my phone when I need it. However, if you have sprint with vision, then for $20 add-a-line you can have an always-on internet connection in your car... just buy a bluetooth phone or an old phone that you can get a usb cable for.

RPM_VR4 · 04-22-2005, 02:59 AM

Hey, how come no body told me about this: http://www.mp3car.com/tracker/tracker.html

David... build it in to CF (Please?).

OriginalNick2 · 04-22-2005, 04:14 AM

thats gotta be in the charagable version!!

dmurray14 · 04-22-2005, 05:29 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Hey, how come no body told me about this: http://www.mp3car.com/tracker/tracker.html

David... build it in to CF (Please?).

Please!

RoyN · 04-22-2005, 10:35 PM

Thats unlikely to happen guys... The tracker is not only something that can be built into the frontend...it requires a server to display/store the info... (in this case mp3car.com webserver)

RPM_VR4 · 04-24-2005, 03:52 AM

CF could include a viewer. Just give it an IP to upload to (or even copy the log over wireless or "sneaker-net") and view the log in CF from car or desktop. Besides, my whole point was I want Google maps as my secondary GPS program (live, and via a log file).

12Vsystems · 05-29-2005, 01:25 PM

I am working with Frodo to test this out. To have this running in your car you would need an internet connection. He told me it would need to be at least 9600bps. That would be to transmit the data to the webserver. You would then need to load your position and the google map from the server to your carputer.

Don't know if this can be done on a 56k modem, I will be trying.

What if you load the google maps locally and run an web server on your carputer. It would slow it down a lot and you couldn't use compact flash but it's and idea.

RPM_VR4 · 05-30-2005, 04:47 AM

I know my Sprint cell phone is fast enough. It works fine with "movin gmap". I just want it built into CF and logged.

Is it really possible do download all the Google Map data and serve it yourself? (I wouldn't think so.)

stevieg · 05-30-2005, 07:15 AM

This seem's like such a niche requirement it's not even worth doing, surely?

You won't have turn-by-turn directions for a start, or rotating map.

Surely you're better off using Destinator for routing, GPSGate to split your GPS signal and Xbrady's tracking software running in the background.

Steve

RoyN · 05-30-2005, 07:25 AM

It might work getting all the images to download for a particular area from google...

. the problem I see with it is that you need 1 image-set for each zoom level
. no street names
. no routing

maybe some others... but it would be cool cause the maps are so high quality and pretty...

RPM_VR4 · 05-31-2005, 12:21 AM

The maps are very pretty, but satallite view is something that no nav system has. Sat view with the blue highlighted directions is totally awesome. If you link it with Google Local you have every possible POI. As for turn-by-turn directions, the voice versions definatly have the WOW factor, but I like to drive my car on my own route and see all the back-road short cuts via overview map. Turn-by-turn is useless for anything other than showing off.

RoyN · 05-31-2005, 12:40 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Turn-by-turn is useless for anything other than showing off.

By all means state your opinion but dont be silly! It isnt for showing off when you dont actually KNOW how to get somewhere....

If you know how to get everywhere than your whole nav system is showing off...

But your other ideas are well taken... it would be cool to integrate it somehow...

stevieg · 05-31-2005, 03:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

The maps are very pretty, but satallite view is something that no nav system has. Sat view with the blue highlighted directions is totally awesome. If you link it with Google Local you have every possible POI. As for turn-by-turn directions, the voice versions definatly have the WOW factor, but I like to drive my car on my own route and see all the back-road short cuts via overview map. Turn-by-turn is useless for anything other than showing off.

You say no sat nav system has Satellite view, I have 3D photo aerial view on my Sat Nav so you're wrong.

Turn by turn is useful if you want to get somewhere but don't know the way. You're not supposed to look at the map for directions!

RPM_VR4 · 05-31-2005, 05:30 AM

Ok, I was a little too hard on turn-by-turn. I'm just one of those people that prints out the yahoo-map at a zoom level I want and never uses the directions. There are multiple ways to get from any point A to point B and I want a picture of how they all connect, more than I want a computer choosing paths for me. I can get through LA traffic quicker making up my own directions.

Stevieg: Is the product called "Sat Nav"? I will google it. Sounds interesting, I have never heard of a Nav software that did that before.

I am also hoping they will soon add traffic reports to google maps. Are there any GPS Nav programs that can display live freeway traffic speeds on the map?

stevieg · 05-31-2005, 06:07 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Ok, I was a little too hard on turn-by-turn. I'm just one of those people that prints out the yahoo-map at a zoom level I want and never uses the directions. There are multiple ways to get from any point A to point B and I want a picture of how they all connect, more than I want a computer choosing paths for me. I can get through LA traffic quicker making up my own directions.

Stevieg: Is the product called "Sat Nav"? I will google it. Sounds interesting, I have never heard of a Nav software that did that before.

I am also hoping they will soon add traffic reports to google maps. Are there any GPS Nav programs that can display live freeway traffic speeds on the map?

No it's not called Sat Nav, I shoudn't have capitalised those letters! It's not a product you can buy yet, it's still in development. It's going to be out for the UK first though as the main developer lives in the UK!

I have live traffic working on google maps for the whole of the UK as part of a project I am working on, it will also display live in the car on destinator and Mappoint. I think in the centrafuse traffic URL's thread there is a link to a US one however unlike the infomatics project I am part of that isn't using traffic sources that are licenced, there doesn't seem to be FREE traffic data for the US like there is in the UK!

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