GPS+sms apps

[Crane, Matthew]

I guess SMS is generally more accessable and tends to be a lot cheaper,
often free, in Toronto and most of Canada.  Phones could transmit
position continuously to a central server, or some centralized
mechanisim, and I'm thinking it would be much easier for a centralized
server program to notify phones reliably with SMS, rather then depend on
a data connection.  

Basically by using SMS it would be a more accesable and reliable
application that could be run continously by the participants.  Tie it
into a social networking site maybe too.

Matt


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Collins [mailto:Dean at cognation.net] 
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 5:16 PM
To: Crane, Matthew; OpenMoko
Subject: RE: GPS+sms apps

Why would you need SMS - if you are running a data plan already to track
cell tower and relative position to other Neo users then you may as well
make it a self contained application.

 

Regards,

Dean Collins
Cognation Pty Ltd
dean at cognation.net



> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org [mailto:community-
> bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Crane, Matthew
> Sent: Monday, 28 May 2007 4:57 PM
> To: OpenMoko
> Subject: GPS+sms apps
> 
> 
> Is there any existing application which combine sms messaging and GPS?
> It would be pretty cool to get automated alerts whenever a particular
> person is nearby, through a central machine (phone, desktop).  Or to
use
> some sort of automated homing application, where two people are able
to
> lock to each other and the phone guides them, notifying the other
device
> when the route or position has changed.
> 
> Matt
> 
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