[Geowanking] Cheap way to track position?

[Michael Weisman]

There are some python tools for nokia symbian phones for geo stuff, as  
well as SMS. I think chris schmidt has done a bit of work with it.


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Michael Weisman
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On 1-May-08, at 12:50 PM, Joseph Monahan <jmonahan at orbitz.com> wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> Long time reader, first time poster...
>
> I'm working on a personal project to track my bike ride across the  
> country
> this summer.  I wanted to do something with live tracking but not  
> have to
> buy an expensive gps unit and subscription.  I'm also looking to  
> carry as
> little weight as possible.
>
> So I was thinking, why not use my cell phone (or a cell phone that  
> has the
> potential to do the following)?  I'm thinking I could use some  
> software (and
> hopefully not have to write it) to triangulate my position via cell  
> towers
> (similar to how the iphone works).  That averaged position would  
> then be
> submitted somehow to my server which takes it and updates my map.
>
> The problem is: is there such software to triangulate, ideally one  
> that will
> also take that position and send it out to something (email, txt,  
> whatever)?
>
> Any other ideas, advice, help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
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