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Do It yourself GPS tracking October 29, 2006

Posted by vinnyt in : Computer Science Theory, GPS, Programming , trackback

I’m starting a series of articles on a recent application I’ve built to create an application I’ve created called “Where’s Vinnyt.” The name of the application clearly is a sign of my vanity.  However, it is one of the more interesting spare time pieces I’ve created, and think it could be very interesting to anyone that has any interest in the fields of GPS, near to realtime tracking, and System integration.  My interest in GPS arose some years ago when I borrowed a GPS navigation system from a friend of mine.  I quickly discovered that not only did this system provide a fun and interesting means of getting around the city it exposed an interface that I as a programmer could access and leverage for my own fun.  I will breakdown my aritcles as follows.  First accessing the GPS, what data do you see, how do you get to it, and how then do you use it.  Second data transmission and storage, how do I take data from where I am in the real world and store it and move it for use later.  Finally, integration with Google Maps ( although this is tracking the data is not anywhere near real time, and so I think that let’s me off the hook.)  Please check back I’ll be creating my first post in the days to come.

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1. Adam Kimber - 3/29/2007

Hey,

I did a very similar thing to this myself.

Feel free to ask for any help you may want.

Regards,
Adam


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