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 GPS.PI location reporting app, Anyone got the smartphone version?
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post Apr 8 2005, 12:22
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Anyone seen this?
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This program exchanges geographical position points by SMS or Email (GPRS, Bt, Wifi) services of cellular phone network.

It allows you to follow your friends, children, cars, dogs... whatever you want.

http://www.jgui.net/gps/gpspi/
Scroll down to the end for the Smartphone version

(sounds like it was written by Jackass, and in fact I found out about from his site)

Anyways... I've download the demo from all 3 listed sites, but the installation always fails because (I think) it's the PPCPE version.

Has anyone got it working on a Smartphone?


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post Apr 8 2005, 15:18
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From their site (at the bottom of the page)

----> Note: if you will get error message when you lunch this program first time, please go to the installation folder and run TTNControl or download it here: TTNControl.cab (this is a one-time self-installed connector for Tomtom®, it's requested even when you do not have Tomtom®).

Dunno if it's the problem...


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post Apr 8 2005, 19:51
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Nah, that's to do with linking the data to TomTom.

I can't even get as far as starting the application, because the downloads (all of the sources that I've found so far) are the PocketPC version.
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At the bottom of the page are links to the Smartphone version from Shear it, Smartphone.net and Handago and alo Orange World - are these not the Smartphone version? I can't try until I get home and that probably won't be until next weekend now.

Edit:- just tried the Orange World link and got an HTTP: 500 Error sad.gif


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Yeah, I got that error too, and if you download the file form the links (even the Handango one that is titled "GPS.PI for Smartphone") the app wont install, and if you look at the CAB file the installation creates on your C drive its something like GPSPI.PPC.CAB
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QUOTE(chucky.egg @ Apr 8 2005, 21:51)
Love your sig by the way! laugh.gif
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I'm not gonna try this yet since my GPS receiver is expected at the end of this month.
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Got one response to an email to the developer, just saying "run the CAB on the phone", and since then I've re-tried all the different versions but they are all PPC.

Hoping that he's going to come back with something, but only time will tell...
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post Apr 13 2005, 11:02
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Ah, the developer has sent me a Smartphone CAB of the trial version (attached, in case anyone else wants it)

Incidentally, on my C500 the COM port has to be COM7, and the baud rate 4800. Will try other rates, but that one works reliably in the office.

Anyways I've got it working, but...

1) I can't seem to calibrate my map. I've checked the co-ords etc, but just can't figure out what's wrong with it. The WorldMap example works, and I've checked my calibration against that, but no luck so far

2) On the Smartphone version you can auto-send your location every N minutes, which is the one feature I was really after! ](*,)

3) You can't send your location to a contact. You have to preset the mobile number to send your location to, which is fine for a "default", but it would be nice to be able to send them to other numbers without having to change the number and then change it back again


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Attached File  GPSPI.STRONGARM.cab ( 710.52K ) Number of downloads: 169
 
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QUOTE(chucky.egg @ Apr 13 2005, 11:02)
Ah, the developer has sent me a Smartphone CAB of the trial version (attached, in case anyone else wants it)

Incidentally, on my C500 the COM port has to be COM7, and the baud rate 4800.  Will try other rates, but that one works reliably in the office.

Anyways I've got it working, but...

1)  I can't seem to calibrate my map.  I've checked the co-ords etc, but just can't figure out what's wrong with it.  The WorldMap example works, and I've checked my calibration against that, but no luck so far

2)  On the Smartphone version you can auto-send your location every N minutes, which is the one feature I was really after!  ](*,)

3)  You can't send your location to a contact.  You have to preset the mobile number to send your location to, which is fine for a "default", but it would be nice to be able to send them to other numbers without having to change the number and then change it back again
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I've tried the program and found the same problems:

1) The worldmap example works. The position on the map is correct - Moscow, Russia.
But on any other map (even worldmap example renamed) there is an error when loading the map: map is not calibrated correctly.
2) Tried to load local calibrated maps (different size and my own calibration) in thr following way: named the local map and calibration file as "worldmap".
There was no error on loading the map, but the position on the map was incorrect, the coordinates were correct.
3) After that I made with the help of photoshop all maps of the same size and found out that the positions on all maps including the worldmap example were the same!
That means that the program does not use the calibration from the file *.txt. It uses the worldmap calibration and shows the position on any map as the position on the worldmap.
So there is no use of this program. The program goes to trash.
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