Projects tagged ‘gps’, ‘lbs’, and ‘mobile’

BackgroundThe OSLO protocol is the coming together of multiple location based companies to define how location can be shared between member networks. The OSLO protocol comprises a suite of protocols ... [More] that facilitate location federation between member networks. OSLO enables: users to share their location with friends on member networks users to search for people nearby across all member networks users to send messages between networks users to display standardised public profile that works on all networks OSLO does not: specify the location lookup system share user location information with member networks, just their friends on each network. Examples of OSLOOSLO federates three services: location, nearby and messaging. Benefits of OSLOto the user: Connecting to people on other networks gives mobile social networking users a more exciting experience. Application builders can create better products on top of shared location information. OSLO member companies can focus on differentiation and adding value to users rather than bothering with re-building another location system, which is a commodity anyway. The alternative is a fragmentation of technologies. ImplementationOSLO defines a suite of existing protocols to enable members to federate their users' location, nearby queries, messaging and profile sharing. OSLO can be thought of as a recipe, that when implemented, connects you to member networks. The following documents lay out implementation: OSLO components: The required ingredients to connect to OSLO members Server Discovery: Looking up and connecting to OSLO compliant servers Technology Choices: Understand the background to OSLO's architecture decisions. Nearby query specification: Description of the protocol used to find nearby people, places, advertisements or media objects. OSLO Todoquick implementation recipe: the three steps to become OSLO enabled. pub-sub server discovery using DNS check urn:xmpp:... namespace check (nearby spec) define: oslo/name@membercompany.com/profile/name define: oslo/name@membercompany.com/profile/photo define: oslo/name@membercompany.com/profile/work [Less]

Location based mobile websitesGoal is to provide a usable geo location framework for mobile websites/widget applications. It wraps the underlying platform specific implementation through a simple ... [More] JavaScriptAPI that is aligned to the W3 Geolocation API Specification.. //determine if the handset has client side geo location capabilities if(geo_position_js.init()){ geo_position_js.getCurrentPosition(success_callback,error_callback); } else{ alert("Functionality not available"); }Usage ScenarioThe framework provides two key methods, it determines if the handset has client side geo location capabilities and one method to retrieve the location (of course only after a request for permission). So a mobile web site that provides location based services can first determine if the client has client side geo capabilites and ask him to assist him in finding his location. If no geo capabilities are given or they are disabled the site can fallback on a manual location input method and use a geodata database/service to map the input to a pair of latitude/longitude coordinates. Supported platformsiPhone OS 3.x, Browsers with Google Gears support (Android, Windows Mobile) Blackberry Devices (8820, 9000,...) Nokia Web Run-Time (Nokia N97,...) webOS Application Platform (Palm Pre) Torch Mobile Iris Browser Mozilla Geode Details... SimulationTo assist engineers in the development phase it provides a simple mechanism to simulate users locations and movements without being there in the real world. What do the numbers say?The most used cellphones in the US are iPhones with OS3, iPhones with OS2.x, Palm Centro, BlackBerry 9530, 8130, 8310, 8330 and the G1. Only the Palm Centro is not supported, the iPhones with OS2.x will convert to OS3 sooner or later. So yes it makes sense to use such a library, especially with Palm Pre, Nokia Web Runtime and more Android phones on the horizon. (Disclaimer: Stan Wiechers(whoisstan) is co-founder of the mobile analytics service PercentMobile who provided those numbers. ) Sample Web PagesVery simple page that provides a status alert box Show the users location in an embedded google map(v3), requires advanced browsers Simulates a moving user in an embedded google map(v3), requires advanced browsers Sample AppsNokia Web Run-Time Sample - download and transfer to the device [Less]

Android LocationAndroid Location (aka AL) is the social tool that instantly connects you to the people and places around you. Let your friends know what you are doing and where you are in real time ... [More] from your mobile phone or computer! EXPLORE what's happening in your area right now with live maps. Recommend places. CONNECT with friends on the fly - find out what they are doing and where they are. BROADCAST memorable moments as they happen by sharing videos and pictures from your mobile phone. AL works on any computer and in most mobile phones, it do not require GPS to detect your current location Check our website [Less]

The basis of this software is the inherit ablility of a mobile device to transmitt the location the device. Devices with the software installed can create an ocean of information for automobile ... [More] traffic managers to ease and prevent traffic congestion. By automatically transmitting a location and destination, drivers and good software should be able fine tune traffic flow to minimize stop and go traffic. Even fractional improvement in traffic flow should result in fuel savings and time saved for commuters. Here is an initial overview. and a private discussion group here http://groups.google.com/group/trafficman We are developing a mobile software application for cel phones to provide intelligent real time data for traffic management systems. We are a closed private working group developing open source software. We are seeking consulting advice and development resources to further extent and enable this application. [Less]

Pys60gps reads position data gathered from GPS (built-in or bluethooth) and saves it for future use. It works in Nokia's Series60 3rd edition mobile phones (e.g. N95, N82, N85, E70, E90 etc). It can ... [More] also show on the "map" user's track and Points Of Interest (POI) downloaded from the Internet. There is work-on-progress to show also vector data on the screen (e.g. OpenStreetMap data). Pys60gps is a GSM-cellid and WiFi (WLAN) logger. Logged data can be used as a GSM+WiFi based positioning system. OpenNetMap.org is a related project. Use svn to checkout the source code or bwowse it online (see Source-tab). Note: you must install properly signed wlantools beforehand if you want to use wlan scanning functionality. [Less]

Javascript and server-side code to build Location-enabled Map-based Mobile Web Widgets.Current project compatible with android phone emulator.Join the Discussion GroupWARNING: work in progress. Plan to upload code in May 2008