Rules based policy engine

[Scott Derrick]

I thought about it awhile and decided that you could have the GPS engine 
get a fix every 5 minutes or some user adjustable time frame and use the 
last known fix. 99% of the time it would probably be close enough.

Scott

matt joyce wrote:
> Scott Derrick wrote:
>> If GPS position is going to be a phone answering rule you would have 
>> to have the GPS sub system running all the time. It can't wake from 
>> sleep and acquire a position soon enough go be part of the decision. 
>> Not sure what that will do to battery life.
>>
>> Scot
>>
> That's a valid point.
> However, if a GPS dependant rule cannot get a fix (because it's off) in 
> a timely fashion, the rule fails.

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