GPS trail - crazy idea

ramsesoriginal ramsesoriginal at gmail.com
Wed Jul 4 17:19:20 CEST 2007


it could interface with google maps, http://wikimapia.org/ or have some
custome service, as a basis we could use
http://wikimap.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

On 7/4/07, Urivan Saaib <saaib at ciberlinux.net> wrote:
>
> Werner,
>
> This sounds pretty cool. I've always thinking on a service that could let
> anyone provide means to upload their position (without being tied to any
> personal records) and be able to see through the time the evolution of the
> flows of population (dynamic of fluids).
>
> Could be amazing to see the same way we do now the wind and temperature
> patterns around the globe but with people ! :)
>
> Regards,
>
> -Urivan Flores-Saaib
>
> ==============Original message text===============
> On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 1:39:13 +0100 Werner Almesberger wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering of any of the Gtk gurus hanging out here could do
> me a little favour. I have this idea that's haunting me in my
> sleep, but I don't have the time to implement it. It should be
> really easy to do, though.
>
> The idea is to have a GPS tracker/mapper that uses a very simple
> GUI with very rapid (finger) interaction to find one's way around
> some place. There are no maps. The context is provided by past
> movements and/or external information sources, combined by the
> user's brain.
>
> Brief description:
> http://people.openmoko.org/werner/trail.txtGUI mockup (for 640x480):
> http://people.openmoko.org/werner/trail.ps
> The "current location" interface should probably be generic, e.g.,
> reading <x-meters, y-meters, seconds> messages from a Unix domain
> socket. We can then feed it with fake test data and/or slap on a
> converter from NMEA.
>
> I know there are similar programs around, but I don't think they
> pursue this light-weight and real-time approach quite to the same
> extent.
>
> Anyone feeling like giving it a try ?
>
> - Werner
>
> --
>
>   _________________________________________________________________________
> / Werner Almesberger, Buenos Aires, Argentina     werner at almesberger.net /
> /_http://www.almesberger.net/____________________________________________/
> _______________________________________________
> OpenMoko community mailing list
> community at lists.openmoko.org
> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
> ===========End of original message text===========
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> OpenMoko community mailing list
> community at lists.openmoko.org
> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
>



-- 
My corner of the web: http://ramsesoriginal.wordpress.com
My dream, my world: http://abenu.wordpress.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/attachments/20070704/286b9f91/attachment.htm 


More information about the community mailing list