Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 AotW: CellTrack This week's app is CellTrack from SPV-Developers, a new Open Source application for your enjoyment! You'll find details of the application below, and we've tracked down Martin (a.k.a. Zone-MR), one of the lead developers on the application to give us the lowdown ;) Hi Martin, and thanks for speaking to MoDaCo! Please introduce yourself! I'm a 2nd-year Electronics student at Newcastle University. I'm fascinated by embedded systems and mobile technology. I spend most of my free time coding various software projects. Describe CellTrack in your own words CellTrack is a utility which runs on Windows Mobile based phones. It gathers information on the cell-towers in range of your phone, and is able to approximate your location based on this. There are many uses for this location information. For example, CellTrack can report it's location to a web-server, so you can display your latest whereabouts on your website, e.g.: You will also be able to instruct the software to perform certain actions when your location changes. What can we expect for CellTrack going forwards? CellTrack is in the early stage of development, and the current version is little more than a proof-of-concept. There are many features which will appear in future versions, such as: * Automatically performing certain actions when your location changes. For example, diverting all your calls to your ground-line when you are at home. * Notification when people of interest are nearby. For example, it could notify you if you happen to be in the same place as another MoDaCo member. * 'Virtual Graffiti' - so you can leave notes, which can later be seen by anyone who walks into the same area. * Support for more phones. Currently only the SPV C500, SMT5600, and SDA-series phones are supported. How can MoDaCo members get involved in the application's development? The latest build is available for download here: http://celltrack.spv-developers.com/?act=download If you discover any bugs, or have any feature suggestions, please post them at: http://www.spv-developers.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=12 The project is open-source, and the latest eVC++ code is available at the sourceforge CVS server: https://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=129151 - the module name is "CellTrack". If you have any experience coding in eVC++, and are willing to help with the coding, please email "CellTrack AT Zone-MR DOT net", and you will be granted 'commit' access to the CVS. So there you have it, the scoop on what I think is an exciting application for Smartphone! :D P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calle Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Cool! Any similar app for the Magician out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jazuk Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Nice one.. will try this out right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tim Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 As this app won't install unless your C500 is app unlocked, I suspect this is going to further highlight the problem that the Orange unlocking website no longer works, and if you email them as directed they don't seem to reply any more, presumably because of the number of emails they are now getting ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 What a neat program... really easy to set-up and use...... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MPJ Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I loaded the program at the weekend at I think it could be really useful. It needs the database of cell sites populated, I think this is growing fast, but the more who take part the better it will get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest squall Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 zone-mr had asked me not to post this in news when first release becuase he didnt want to many people to use an early beta, instead prefering a slow steady build up of users. The beta does seem stable, and i have no doubt the number of users will continue to grow and the db will start to fill up. Nice article paul, and nice work martin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 just looking at designing some new location renedered images for this forum......... a kind of modaco style Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I loaded the program at the weekend at I think it could be really useful. It needs the database of cell sites populated, I think this is growing fast, but the more who take part the better it will get <{POST_SNAPBACK}> As somebody pointed out on the spv-developers forums, there are other cell databases, and in prcatice it would be better to get a network-supplied database. I know I've put cells in under one "location", but I don't actually know where they are, and as they can cover a large area it might be misleading in some circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 is there a UK list somewhere that we can reference their locations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zone-MR Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 (edited) Very nice work jlowap, I'll add it to the server now ;) Update: http://celltrack.spv-developers.com/render...aco/Zone-MR.png Edited April 19, 2005 by Zone-MR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chucky.egg Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 is there a UK list somewhere that we can reference their locations? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not that I know of I've asked out telecomms guy to see if he can get a list from Orange for all their cells in our area, have to wait and see if he actually gets around to it, and if they give him the list! (reasonable chance I think, based on our bill!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I'm working on getting a list too... no joy yet ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PayableOnDeath Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I Love the new pic desgin fits in well on here dont you think :D Great program am sure well will soon beable map the cells of the UK n know where abouts we are ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 its not bad.... the colors are not quite right though. and the image is not as good as my original image... looks more compressed. will be happy to make any changes to it on request. enjoy.... want a smaller one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Has it stopped working... have been running the program for the last 10 minutes without an update on here in my sig... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Hope it's not overloaded! :| P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 AH HA! its working again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rayhurst Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Any word on when this app might be available for the Mpx220? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest squall Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 have you tired using it on the mpx220? I know zonemr doesnt have one, so it may be a while ! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I will test it on the MPx220 later... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rayhurst Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 please let me know if it works for you. i sucessfully installed it on my Mpx220 and it shows up in my program list, but when i try to launch it, nothing comes up. not sure if i am doing something wrong (that seems to happen frequently) so i'm anxious to see if it works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zone-MR Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Several people have tried it on the Mpx 220, and all have reported that it doesn't work. The good news is that I have found two developers interested in getting it running on the SPV E200, and MPX 220. I will report any success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rayhurst Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 i just noticed everyone posting on this thread is from europe - will CellTrack work in the U.S.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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