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Does anyone know of any free GPS tracklogging software for PPC?
I've spotted full commercial map creation software that includes trackloggers, but not just standalone tracklogging stuff.
Basically all I want to do is stick my BlueTooth GPS in the top of my rucksack, and have it connected to my XdaIIs/BlueAngel, and for the Xda to log where I've been by recording the GOS position info every couple of seconds.
That way I can then load the track lof into other free software I've got and generate my own maps that way, or load them into other software to analyse them (next question may well be how to create my own TomTom maps, but thats a while away yet!).
My Garmin standalone GPS (a Pilot III) can record tracklogs and I can export them, but I'd much prefer to do this on my Xda using the BT GPS receiver...
If anyone can point me towards something nice and simple to do this that would be great... I'm only doing this out of interest and so don;t want to spend on getting the software when it should be something so simple.
Cheers,
FM
Not free but the best.
GPS2GoogleEarth. You can track every log and see in GoogleEARTH in sattelite image.
http://www.s-gps.com/
I've used this software and think it's great. However there is one problem I've found... if you turn the screen off to save power it disconnects its link with the bluetooth gps device. I've emailed them with this problem, just wondered if someone had got over it...
I plan to use mine snowboarding
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When I get in the car and turn on bluetooth, a script starts to run in conjuction with my car stereo for handsfree and audio etc.
I would like to add a command to the script that switches on GPS straight away and gets a fix in the background so that if I get lost or stuck in traffic I can run TomTom and the fix will have already been established thus enabling me to navigate to where I need to be more efficiently?
Is there such a way of doing this?
the simplest idea I have is to run a 3rd party app such as gpsgate when your script runs.
debully,
I did think about using a 3rd party app but wondered if the trinity is capable of getting a fix just by enabling GPS and not running any other app?
The problem is that using A2DP is quite CPU greedy. Running another app will just add to it. Incidently, I've read posts where people are quoting percentages of CPU used by certain programs, how is this done?
interested as well
Let me know if you get a way to do this... I would be interested as well.
;-)
-Daniel
If you'd like to have a GPS fix all the time (even when you push the power button for 'stand by') you will have to modify the radio rom..
But for in-windows usage you could install a program with a virtual COM port that redirects the GPS data.. (so, when your batch file is ran this program will open and connect to the GPS port.. it wil create another COM port and when tomtom connects it will have a fix instantly)
I use gpsgate, not only does it give me a fix all the time when I set it to run on softreset, it can send your position to googlemaps so people can track you if you want and other nifty stuff.
Floriz said:
If you'd like to have a GPS fix all the time (even when you push the power button for 'stand by') you will have to modify the radio rom..
But for in-windows usage you could install a program with a virtual COM port that redirects the GPS data.. (so, when your batch file is ran this program will open and connect to the GPS port.. it wil create another COM port and when tomtom connects it will have a fix instantly)
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I downloaded a little app called ODGPS (900KB cab file and free) It took a while playing around with the settings to get a fix but once the fix was there I opened TomTom and it knew where I was almost instantly.
I stumbled across a website yesterday with links to other sites of free gps software. http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html (where I found ODGPS)
My plan is to test a number of programs from here to establish a) how much memory they use and b) how quick they get a fix.
Once I have found a small enough app with a fairly quick fix I shall implement it into my script. Now if someone could just tell me how I monitor the CPU usuage of each app?
mcq3000
How memory hungry is gpsgate?
neomagik said:
I downloaded a little app called ODGPS (900KB cab file and free) It took a while playing around with the settings to get a fix but once the fix was there I opened TomTom and it knew where I was almost instantly.
I stumbled across a website yesterday with links to other sites of free gps software. http://www.maps-gps-info.com/fgpfw.html (where I found ODGPS)
My plan is to test a number of programs from here to establish a) how much memory they use and b) how quick they get a fix.
Once I have found a small enough app with a fairly quick fix I shall implement it into my script. Now if someone could just tell me how I monitor the CPU usuage of each app?
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you can use "BatteryStatus", very small today-plugin that shows you the energiedrain... more cpu = more energiedrain
I'm getting closer to having this working:-
ODGPS is not ideal because it seems to freeze the phone after a while. It also makes a funny tapping noise every 2 or 3 minutes and for some reason and I can't disable it.
I'm now experimenting with NoniGPSPlot, a very small program that runs easily in the background. You can save a track of your journey too and view it on google earth.
Once it's established a fix, TomTom will fix almost instantly.
I've integrated it into my script so that it opens and minimizes as soon as I switch to 'car' profile. My phone then detects my stereo and connects to it for handsfree profile, then for wireless stereo.
What would be cool is if I can get it to display a message telling me that a fix has been established and likewise when the fix is lost. The trouble is I can't find what registry change takes place once it has a fix.
neomagik said:
I'm getting closer to having this working:-
ODGPS is not ideal because it seems to freeze the phone after a while. It also makes a funny tapping noise every 2 or 3 minutes and for some reason and I can't disable it.
I'm now experimenting with NoniGPSPlot, a very small program that runs easily in the background. You can save a track of your journey too and view it on google earth.
Once it's established a fix, TomTom will fix almost instantly.
I've integrated it into my script so that it opens and minimizes as soon as I switch to 'car' profile. My phone then detects my stereo and connects to it for handsfree profile, then for wireless stereo.
What would be cool is if I can get it to display a message telling me that a fix has been established and likewise when the fix is lost. The trouble is I can't find what registry change takes place once it has a fix.
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Wow this sounds great !!! I have just bought an A2DP capable car radio and I would love to being able to do exactly this. Can you share your script when its finished??
Kind regards
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I've read posts where people are quoting percentages of CPU used by certain programs, how is this done?
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Task Manager
availible here: http://www.buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_phorum&Itemid=125&phorum_query=read,27,15027
@ rdkay>
Which stereo do you have? The script I have written is specifically for the Pioneer DEH P75BT
I've just used ssnap to create 2 snapshots of my registry, the 1st with a gps fix, and the 2nd without. When comparing the files using ExamDiff there is no obvious change that takes place.
Does anybody know of a GPS program that creates or changes registry entries once a fix is established?
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@ rdkay>
Which stereo do you have? The script I have written is specifically for the Pioneer DEH P75BT
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slightly off topic - apologies -
how do you find the DEHP75BT at registering and automatically recognising your phone?
I have a DEHP55BT (think it was the first BT radio available for under £200) and had loads of trouble with registration (had to use 'connect
wait') and unless I manually switch on BT on phone (mUn's WM6 SE) or manually tell the pioneer to connect nothing happens.
Also, when callers call me I cannot hear their voices through the speakers, but it's ok when I call them - do you have this problem?
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I've just used ssnap to create 2 snapshots of my registry, the 1st with a gps fix, and the 2nd without. When comparing the files using ExamDiff there is no obvious change that takes place.
Does anybody know of a GPS program that creates or changes registry entries once a fix is established?
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GPSGate changes the colour of its icon that resides in the system tray (red -no gps data, yellow - gps data but no fix, Green - Fixed). Not sure if this is controlled by a registry setting but may be worth a look. GPSGate also lets you use more than one GPS app at once and allows you to delegate COM ports for output.
@ debully>
There is a very simple fix to enable the Pioneer to recognise and connect to your phone. You see the Pioneer is searching for a phone or a Smartphone, the Trinity identifies itself as a PPC and so the Pioneer ignores it.
The Class of Device or CoD must be changed so that the Trinity identifies itself as either a phone or Smartphone.
If you change the Dword Data value in.... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Bluetooth\SYS\COD"
to 5374476 (decimal) and set bluetooth to discoverable in your Trin, you should find that it connects automatically.
It took me 8 months to find this out.
PS. I don't have the problem with not hearing the callers.
@neomagic
wow - thanks dude. Your a star!
To understand what you are dealing with in getting a "fix" you need to understand how the system works. When started for the first time in 2 hours (or whatever it's been programmed for) the gps does a cold start and needs to download almanac data from the sat's in order to determine their trajectories which is needed to calculate a fix. Once that data has been pulled, it's valid for a certain amount of time (about 2 hours if I'm remembering correctly). So, although no registry keys are going to change, the easy way to deal with this is to keep your own timestamp, and make sure to ping the gps with a fix request every 2 hours or so in order to keep it ready for a warm/quick start...
@ Shadowmite>
Thanks for the info, I've read similar information about cold/warm starts. A couple of questions though...
1) I can deal with the timestamp but how do I "ping" the gps with a fix request?
2) If I do ping a request every 2 hours and I'm indoors and can't get a fix, will it go back to needing a cold start?
Hi all,
I am currently looking in the NFC functionality recently added in Android. I am not yet familiar with Android development and I would like to have your advises on what I am planning to do.
My goal would be the following: Performing an automatic bluetooth pairing between a Nexus S and a linux computer by means of NFC. To the linux machine is connected a NFC breakout board (from microbuilder). Once the bluetooth pairing is done, I would like to launch automatically an application on the mobile phone, which will then be used to interact between the mobile phone and the linux computer.
I have read in several websites that this should be possible, but I would like to know is someone already tried something like that, or if an experienced Android developer think that this would be possible to do.
Thank you in advance !
Kind regards,
Guillaume
Hello, just bought a SW3.
Does Google Maps work with the built in GPS? I noticed that it starts to look immediatly for the phone...also is it possibile to move the offline maps I downloaded to the smartwatch internal memory? How does it work? I am new thanks.
I've got an LG G5 which is affected by the GPS hardware issues (ie GPS is non-existent) - my SW3 works fine in maps when paired to this phone so would guess the watches GPS is working well. Guess it could be using the phone to grab location via phone masts, but not as slow as phone location so doubt it.
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I've got an LG G5 which is affected by the GPS hardware issues (ie GPS is non-existent) - my SW3 works fine in maps when paired to this phone so would guess the watches GPS is working well. Guess it could be using the phone to grab location via phone masts, but not as slow as phone location so doubt it.
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In fact I was wandering if it was possible to use the smartwatch alone for running, with its built-in GPS (and perhaps offline maps loaded) but without the 4G connection of the phone.
Sony said the point of this smartwatch was to leave the smartphone at home, but I saw that the location doesn't fix if the smartwatch doesn't connect to phone first (Bluetooth and 4G).
Am I doing something wrong?
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In fact I was wandering if it was possible to use the smartwatch alone for running, with its built-in GPS (and perhaps offline maps loaded) but without the 4G connection of the phone.
Sony said the point of this smartwatch was to leave the smartphone at home, but I saw that the location doesn't fix if the smartwatch doesn't connect to phone first (Bluetooth and 4G).
Am I doing something wrong?
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I have two of these devices. In order to use the google fit stand alone gps, i suggest that you turn off your phone or BT connection between the phone and watch as well as the wifi setting on the watch prior to a run. When you go outside, turn on the google fit app and wait a few moments while you warm up, this will give the watch a chance to lock into GPS. Then all you have to do is start moving and the standalone gps will work. The problem with google fit is that it so dependent on communications between the phone and device as well as not having a gps locking icon. I prefer to use Ghostrunner app for the sony smartwatch 3, its completely independent from the phones gps and has such a setting in the app to force the watches gps to work over the phone.
Thanks and what about google maps? Can it be used in standalone for running? Just for mapping andò routes
And what about runtastic? Can I use it with position on the phone turned off but watch GPS turned on? Apparently it doesn't work for me
I use mine for running and I use Endomondo. I just use the watch GPS on its own and after the run it syncs via bluetooth to the phone. I've heard there has been issues with this but with my LG G4 it's all worked fine.
Does anyone know how to use the smartwatch in standalone with Google Maps tracking while running? It searches for the phone connection everytime...do I have to turn BT off or follow specific steps?
thank you in advance
Menomis said:
Does anyone know how to use the smartwatch in standalone with Google Maps tracking while running?
thank you in advance
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What do you mean? Maps doesn't record your path, if that's what you're after.
If you want to see yourself on a map, including your trail where you've been, use ghostracer. You can also load a gpx path and follow it on the map, but it doesn't give you navigation instructions, you have to watch for the turns yourself.
Navigation is in osm offline maps, but I never had much luck with it.
One of my cars is a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor. Since it's a retired cop car, it doesn't have any anti-theft system, no chip keys/immobilizer, and there are various keys out there that can easily open/start my car. My friend found a random key in his Crown Vic ex-cop-car from a completely different department and even though the key is cut totally different it still opens and starts my car. I'm sure there are plenty of other keys out there that will work with my car as well, which is why I'm worried about it getting stolen.
I have a spare cheap phone (with like no resale value) on Xfinity Mobile, there are no line fees, so if I can stay under 100MB of data in a month it's free, or it'll cost me $12 for 1GB which is no problem.
Features I'm looking for are:
-Tracking ability
-Text me when the car is started.
-Text me when there is an impact with the car (using the accelerometer in the phone I guess?)
The tracking device is easy... just use Android Device Manager or Lookout or some other remote tracking app. The problem is the other two things... Not sure how I'd accomplish that honestly. I'm a web developer but I have no idea how to even start with Android app development...
Looking for input, hopefully someone on here could point me in the right direction. I've tried Googling/Binging but nothing I've found is even remotely similar to what I'm trying to do. Thanks in advance!
I was looking for the same thing. But all I found was OBD2 devices or some Chinese that used SMS for communication.
But after long time of searching I found ,,carlock,, it is OBD2 but it is using it only for power so you can use only OBD2 dummy for powering it. It has nice APP, using internet and it's not that expensive.
But if you found different solution let me know.
not a dev, but just wanted to comment on what Mato_xXx said about the chinese app that uses SMS.. if someone were to make an app, in some places (not sure if this is the case in China) data is more than SMS and vice versa.. and i know that those chinese made GPS car tracker devices work like this:
-uses GPS to record location
-checks every so often for location changes
-if location changes SMS gets sent to a number you pre-programmed into it every several seconds
these devices come with apps you can download to track the location of vehicle using google maps. Here is an example of said device:
(i am a new user and was unable to post links, but serach for "gps vehicle tracker" in google or serach amazon)
these things meet the criteria of your first requirement without the use of data (it instead uses SMS). If someone were to make a car security app, they should add this as a feature (location via SMS) because depending on what provider you are using you might run out of data or you could go over you data limit and amass a large bill... this would be an issue for people in Canada as we have some of the most expensive cell data in the world
I think what needs to be done is an app that can be installed where you can make it so the car wont start without some kind of authentication entered via your android device + the key..
what I think you were talking about when you said your friend found a key that would start your crown vic is the crown vic fleet key, which will start any crown vic (and usually the glove box and the trunk) ; (again, i am a new user,cannot post links, but serach google for "crown vic fleet key")
and because your vehicle is an old crown vic, its not going to have any wireless daig features so im assuming you'd have to buy some kind of hookup adapter for OBD2 to interface with your car.. but if you make any progress with this project please let us know..
this may be completely useless, but i stumbled upon this while looking for something completely unrelated: (gawd damn new user spam rules again! lol) www[dot]diagram[dot]com[dot]ua/english/articles/security-and-alarm-system-using-mobile-communication[dot]shtml