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GPSLog Labs - Another site to share tracks

mdeweerd — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:36:36 +0000

GPSLog Labs is another site where you can store your tracks that is well worth a visit. It analyses your track to find positions where you stopped and splits the track in several subsections.

The site is pretty responsive too.

I added this to the list of sites where you can share your tracks.

Open Route Service

mdeweerd — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:34:46 +0000

I discovered an 'open' service that I did not know about yet: Open Route Service. The site demonstrates the route calculation between two positions on the map. I did not test it a lot, but I will likely look into it later.

If you test it more before I do, do not hesitate to leave a comment.

A+ for the iBlue 747 A+

mdeweerd — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:55:16 +0000

I received an iBlue 747 A+ sample today form Transystem. After unpacking I put it to the test.

I wanted to try the connection to BT747 as fast as possible, so I connected the device to my PC and tried to connect to the usual port. No success. I open the Configuration panel to go to the System control and to check the Hardware drivers. Nothing there either.
When switching on the iBlue747A+, windows detected a new device being connected to the computer. The previous version was detected even without switching the device on, but not so for the new device.

AGPS in J2ME and Direct Upload to OSM

mdeweerd — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:46:38 +0000

Given the feedback in the poll, I've given more priority to providing the AGPS upload functionality in J2ME and now I implemented a 'not yet gui friendly' version of direct upload to Open Street Map.

The AGPS upload (and download of the data from the web) should work, but I can't test it using a real internet connection (on the phone) and a real AGPS capable device, so any feedback of success or failure is welcome). You should use the latest version 0.3.XXX).

Holux GPS Tracker 007 (GR-515) and GPS Tracker 005 (GR-530)

mdeweerd — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:17:28 +0000

Holux came out with two tracker devices that also have mobile network capability (GPS/GPRS).

One device is a watch (GPS Tracker 005) and the other is a module (GPS Tracker 007).

Both accept a SIM card and can actively upload the current GPS location to a server or send an SMS to another phone. they can also respond to an incoming call from an authorised phone (up to 4 or any phone) to provide the location.

Sourceforge down on June 6th, 2009

mdeweerd — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:41:26 +0000

Sourceforge has been unreachable for part of the day on June 6th, 2009.
This could be verified using DownForEveryOneOrJustMe.Com.

If you want to download BT747 explicitally, you can use one of the download mirror sites.

GeoTagging Coming to BT747

mdeweerd — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:54:46 +0000

I've started writing the code to bring geotagging to BT747.

I do not want to use an external program to do this. Other programs used tools like exiftool, but that means extra complication for installing and availability. I am writing the code in Java which means that I hope to be able to port this to the Mobile Phone version for example.

Addresses are given to us to conceal our whereabouts

mdeweerd — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:30:33 +0000

GPS Data Loggers are given to us to remember our whereabouts...

I started the BT747 project somewhere in April 2007. I had decided to buy an iBlue 747 to be able to geotag my pictures mainly. I also wanted to be able to manage the logger on the road. At the time I had, and I still have, a Palm Lifedrive.