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Posted by John Burton on October 9, 2007, 1:54 pm


I wonder if anyone knows if this software exists -

I have a windows mobile 6 phone (htc tynt) and a bluetooth gps receiver
which works well with it.
What I'd like is some software for the phone which periodically uploads it's
location to the internet. I guess the ideal way would be by requesting a URL
from a web server with the coordinates as parameters to the URL so that my
web server software can process the information. I'd simply like to a make a
"Where am I now" webpage

Does anyone know of any such software (preferably but not necessarily free)
for windows mobile?
Thanks


Posted by pwelten on October 15, 2007, 2:44 pm


John Burton schreef:
> I wonder if anyone knows if this software exists -
>
> I have a windows mobile 6 phone (htc tynt) and a bluetooth gps receiver
> which works well with it.
> What I'd like is some software for the phone which periodically uploads
> it's location to the internet. I guess the ideal way would be by
> requesting a URL from a web server with the coordinates as parameters to
> the URL so that my web server software can process the information. I'd
> simply like to a make a "Where am I now" webpage
>
> Does anyone know of any such software (preferably but not necessarily
> free) for windows mobile?
> Thanks
Such a program seems fairly simple to make. I've already made a 'moving
map' program (called mapwelt) for pocketpc's/smartphones, and this
would seem a fairly simple addition. The parts I am least sure of are
things like security,authentication and costs involved with the data
transfer.

Peter

Posted by John Burton on October 16, 2007, 6:52 pm


> John Burton schreef:
>> I wonder if anyone knows if this software exists -
>> I have a windows mobile 6 phone (htc tynt) and a bluetooth gps receiver
>> which works well with it.
>> What I'd like is some software for the phone which periodically uploads
>> it's location to the internet. I guess the ideal way would be by
>> requesting a URL from a web server with the coordinates as parameters to
>> the URL so that my web server software can process the information. I'd
>> simply like to a make a "Where am I now" webpage
>> Does anyone know of any such software (preferably but not necessarily
>> free) for windows mobile?
>> Thanks
> Such a program seems fairly simple to make. I've already made a 'moving
> map' program (called mapwelt) for pocketpc's/smartphones, and this would
> seem a fairly simple addition. The parts I am least sure of are

I looked at doing this but it seemed like java midlets can't access
bluetooth or the COM ports on my tytn at least unless I'm missing something.
And you seem to need an expensive full visual studio to write "real"
applications. I'll look into it some more


Posted by pwelten on October 17, 2007, 2:48 am


John Burton schreef:
>> John Burton schreef:
>>> I wonder if anyone knows if this software exists -
>>> I have a windows mobile 6 phone (htc tynt) and a bluetooth gps
>>> receiver which works well with it.
>>> What I'd like is some software for the phone which periodically
>>> uploads it's location to the internet. I guess the ideal way would be
>>> by requesting a URL from a web server with the coordinates as
>>> parameters to the URL so that my web server software can process the
>>> information. I'd simply like to a make a "Where am I now" webpage
>>> Does anyone know of any such software (preferably but not necessarily
>>> free) for windows mobile?
>>> Thanks
>> Such a program seems fairly simple to make. I've already made a
>> 'moving map' program (called mapwelt) for pocketpc's/smartphones, and
>> this would seem a fairly simple addition. The parts I am least sure of
>> are
>
> I looked at doing this but it seemed like java midlets can't access
> bluetooth or the COM ports on my tytn at least unless I'm missing
> something. And you seem to need an expensive full visual studio to write
> "real" applications. I'll look into it some more

For my program I have used etcl (http://www.evolane.com/ ). This is a
free tcl interpreter that works on pc/linux/mac/pocketpc en windows
smartphones. It can access COM ports on these platforms, and I can also
retrieve webpages (haven't tested this extensively though).

Posted by John Burton on October 17, 2007, 2:54 am


> John Burton schreef:
>>> John Burton schreef:
>>>> I wonder if anyone knows if this software exists -
>>>> I have a windows mobile 6 phone (htc tynt) and a bluetooth gps receiver
>>>> which works well with it.
>>>> What I'd like is some software for the phone which periodically uploads
>>>> it's location to the internet. I guess the ideal way would be by
>>>> requesting a URL from a web server with the coordinates as parameters
>>>> to the URL so that my web server software can process the information.
>>>> I'd simply like to a make a "Where am I now" webpage
>>>> Does anyone know of any such software (preferably but not necessarily
>>>> free) for windows mobile?
>>>> Thanks
>>> Such a program seems fairly simple to make. I've already made a 'moving
>>> map' program (called mapwelt) for pocketpc's/smartphones, and this
>>> would seem a fairly simple addition. The parts I am least sure of are
>> I looked at doing this but it seemed like java midlets can't access
>> bluetooth or the COM ports on my tytn at least unless I'm missing
>> something. And you seem to need an expensive full visual studio to write
>> "real" applications. I'll look into it some more
> For my program I have used etcl (http://www.evolane.com/ ). This is a free
> tcl interpreter that works on pc/linux/mac/pocketpc en windows
> smartphones. It can access COM ports on these platforms, and I can also
> retrieve webpages (haven't tested this extensively though).

Oh thanks, sounds ideal for this kind of fairly trivial application. I'll
take a look