I'm of the opinion you cannot do this totally in PHP.
You are going to need some client side, and some server side software -
server side can be php of course.
Client side ie (gps/wap device)- One possibility - write a wap browser that
interfaces with your gps device and returns co-ords in header variables or
cookies. (or post variables possible).
you are either going to have to licence a web browser (or write on yourself,
add in some extra headers in the software), for your gps/pda. This is most
probably going to be an embedded system written in C or similar.
1.Its not as hard as it seems, there are open sourced browsers you can base
it on.
2.It is possible inhouse, but from what you describe, but probable you want
to outsource it.
let me know if you need some more answers - i used to do embedded systems
design in another life back in the good old days<grin>.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Monfort [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: July 26, 2001 7:22 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP] OT--PHP, MySQL, WML and GPS Tracking
Hello everyone,
This is slightly off topic, but I'm sure you guys are the best group to
answer this.
I have a client who needs a wireless website, that interacts with PHP and
MySQL. In addition to that, the client wants to be able to track the
geographical location, of the user--who will access the site with a cell
phone and/or PDA device. Basically, if someone from, say Los Angeles,
access the website, we want to be able to (automatically) capture his/her
location. This is for internal uses, so the PDA device will be uniformed.
That means, I will need to integrate a GPS system/function in the
wireless pages. Once the connection is made, I can use php and mysql to
handle the rest.
My problem is with the GPS functions. I've never worked with any GPS
system, so I'm looking for advices, references, and general directions.
1) How do I track a user's PDA device (geographical location)?
**- I know some of the WAP enabled phones (like the i1000 by Nextel)
doesn't let you do that**
**- I think there some legality issues around that, but am not sure.
2) Where can I read up on that?
3) Has anyone work with something on that level? If so, then please help.
At this point, the PDA device has not been chosen. We are still in the
research stage.
As far as I know, Trucking Companies, uses this type of system to track
their trucks and drivers. And, off course, any car with a Navigation
System is using the same concept.
Where can I get some information on this? Has anyone programmed anything
related to Global Positioning Systems? If so, then I would appreciate any
information that you can share.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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