projects of interest?

Ian Stirling OpenMoko at mauve.plus.com
Wed Jul 18 13:20:00 CEST 2007


Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote:
> On 7/17/07, Giles Jones <giles.jones at zen.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> We need a good use for GPS, I want something like Tomtom but this
> 
> 
> How about POI[1] tracking?
> Simple idea: when the Neo user enters a POI, she or he presses a
> button (read: starts a program), the GPS waypoint is recorded, perhaps
> the program asks about a name / refence for the POI, then the waypoint
> and other data is sent to the user's preferred server (using GPRS, SMS
> or whatever comms is possible) for storage.
> Possible uses: can be combined with Google Maps or something like that
> to give other people an idea of the "travel route" you have followed.
> 
> When there is an OpenMoko phone with WLAN, info about any currently
> usable WLANs can also be sent
> 
> 1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_interest

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openstreetmap
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPS_Navigation




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