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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
No need to apology! This program wouldn't be the same without user ideas.

Basically what you say will cause the same problem that I mentioned before. However, I don't think there is a better way. Let me think about the 3 alternatives and I will implement one of them. Thanks for your suggestions.

The only thing is it may take a while. I'm working now on the ability to export to GPX, extending the Manage Trips functionality and I also want to take a look at that issue when pressing the Power button.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
Hi.

Looking at the source of the url you linked to, are you sure you have your database name & database username setup correctly? I was more than a little surprised to see the dbip, dbname, dbusername & dbpwd all displayed...If you want to access your databases to view, how do you do it? Do you have phpmyadmin installed?

What version of php & MySQL are you running?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] harty83:
Thanks! No worries. As an open source advocate, I have learned to be patient when it comes to free software :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
Anyone have any idea about this problem I reported earlier? Am I the only one seeing it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
AppToDate support

Any chance of incorporating AppToDate support in a future release?

I like the way the ability to download the latest version is incorporated within the app currently; problem is, there's no way of telling if it's truly a new version or if you're just downloading and reinstalling the version you already have. Also, the version number jumped quite a bit since my last download, but I don't see a version history or anything to indicate what changes were made/bugs were fixed?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
There's a "Latest Updates" on the first page of this thread to show any major changes made...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] astromark:
Not working after ROM 6.1 update

I had this running towards the start of 2008 and then got waylaid. :)

Anyway I've recently flashed my Kaiser ROM to 6.1 (HTC_WWE_3.28.405.0) and now I'm trying to reinstall the most recent version.

Presumably .net CF 3.5 is required because it says it requires a newer version than what is installed. So I put 3.5 on but then on running Trackme it generates the "File or assembly name 'System.Data.SqlServerCe..." message. I have run the registry tweak CAB but that doesn't fix it.

Anyone else had problems with a 6.1 ROM and Trackme? I'd really love to get it up and running again. (I have tried to search the thread by the way.)

*PROBLEM RESOLVED*
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Check the requirements in the first post. You are missing the SQL Server.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] astromark:
You beat me to it staryon - I was about to edit my own post.

Somehow I did miss the SQL server installation. I've done it now and it's working (after a reboot or two!)

Anyone else suffering this - read page one, or also page 266. Silly me. :o Right - time to play!

And to answer a question I saw while skimming through, I would pay for it on the iphone. I don't have one yet (still in contract) but one of the things that would stop me getting one is the availability of apps like this. If this and one or two others become available it's probably a no-brainer.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
No problem! I'm glad you got it to work.

Regarding the iPhone version.... I'm not sure, I haven't got too much interest after I posted that question, so I don't really know if I will end up doing it.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I have updated the documentation and also some of the images that appear in the first post.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tolgaulas:
You can put your latest position to Facebook (or anywhere else)

Hi,

After admiring the work, i've spent some time over the server side and managed to draft a solution to display your latest recorded (and uploaded) position in a picture file.

This picture file can be displayed in any web browser including mobiles.

The solution is not the best, i bet you gurus will find more efficient way of doing it.

For a demo you can see my site in facebook : http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=707042544

The solution is adding a simple line of code to the "requests.php" file which is attached. It basically saves your recorded position as a gif file, so you can call it http://yourserver.com/trackme/staticmap.gif

T.

PS: I wish the program had a "today plugin module" :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hey that´s a good idea! Thanks for your contribution.

The only thing that maybe it would be better to have the option from TrackMe. Something like "Make a snapshot from last position"

Because you are only really interested in your last uploaded position, otherwise it would add some server process time. Also I would have to rename those pictures according to the username because a server can be used by thousand of users (like in my case)

Thanks again. Hopefully I'll be adding all that to TrackMe soon. :)

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kelor90:
PRoblems With Sql install

i cannot install sql. Everytime i try to use the .cab from file explorer on my device i get the folowing message

installation of sqlce.ppc.wce5.armv4i.cab was unsuccessful.

does anyone have any idea what might be wrong

i am using an ATT tilt with the default ATT ROM.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] colinRTM:
Does this generate on-the-device local .kml files? Because even though I have it in offline mode, it still absolutely will not export the GPS data to a local .kml and insists that I put in my username and password. I would rather just have the files locally.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Please check the documentation, everything is explained there.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] powergator:
Track Me Newbie

Hello,

I have been trying for several hours to sort out why I can't get TrackMe going on my phone. I have an ATT Tilt (Kaiser) with Dutty's latest (last) Diamond ROM (CE OS 5.2.19588) which has Windows Mobile 6.1.

I initially simply tried to load the sql 3.5 and the compact framework 3.5 programs. The sql program loaded ok and then the compact framework install kept givng me an error saying i had too many apps open at the very end of the install process (and I know I didn't have too many open as the memory usage was maybe 35% at the time).

Then, i tried to uninstall them and the compact framework program wouldn't fully uninstall all the components. Getting frustrated, I then hard reset the phone because I read the program listing for Duttys diamond ROM and it says both of these are already included.

So, after all of that I simply tried to install TrackMe and it simply says the installation is unsuccessful after repeated attempts.

Looks like a pretty good app and any suggesstions would be appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tichuiche:
Hello,

I always have the same problem that I do not manage to solve.

I tested various solutions found in this topic, but the problem persists.

Have a solution or a beginning of track?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
Might want to check with others using Dutty's ROM. I haven't had any problems using the few ROMs I have. Could be an issue with the way he cooked that one. Wish I could be more help, but you've done what I would suggest you to do.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I have been using Dutty's ROM for a long time and never had a problem.

Maybe you should open a new thread asking about this problem because it seems to be an issue with CF more than with TrackMe.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jeepin_idaho:
i just installed all the files and they all installed just fine. but when i go to run track me i get this error message: "An unexpected error has occured in TrackMe.exe. Select Quit and then restart this program, or select Details for more info"

the details shows a missingmethodexception at system.windows.form.control.set_parent() at controlcollection.add() at Track.ME.FormMain.InitializeComponent() at TrackMe.Form.Main..ctor() at TrackMe.Program.Main()

every time i run the program i get the same error. Am i doing something wrong or what? I'm running the regular ATT rom on my ATT Tilt. Thanks for the help!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Suggested changes based on extensive use.

Ok Staryon, I have some ideas. I am currently on a 7000 mile trip around the country and have learned a LOT about the application and have some ideas on how to improve it.

1) There should be an option to start the tracker without applying an update right away. Why? Scenario: you pull into a hotel and force an update at night. Next day you want to start the track again and hit the START button. What happens? A grey marker gets dropped right on top of the forced update you did last night. I would like to be able to start the application tracking (looking for satellites) without submitting an update.

2) Forcing an update: Need to be able to save a forced update WITH a photo. If there is no data available you can not save a point with a photo.

3) Icons with no data: need to be able to use icons without a data connection. Without data I can not see icons available.

In traveling through the southwest, specifically through indian reservations, I have had little in the way of data connectivity. That has made updating the tracker a challenge, especially when I wanted to add a manual update. I have been forced to go to the raw database every night to fix points missing photos and data manually. While I can do that, not everyone that uses the application understands enough about it to make those changes or has the ability to do so.

If there is anything that isn't clear about my suggestions please let me know.

Side note: Thank you again for all of your work. This has been awesome and my family has been able to track me in real time as I travel across the US on a mission to Sturgis.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
jcleek,

on a side note, your trip sounds fascinating - especially the trips around Indian reservations...If you have any pics you can share, I'd love to see them!

Happy tracking :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] qwasdenn:
Hey guys, does someone still have the TrackME version where you are able to export a kml file without connecting to the internet?

Thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
Trip summary sometimes empty

Hi TrackMe people, been using this for a while now, using my own server, but was posting on LEM's forum, it looks as if i'd better post in this topic.

The new trip summary feature is great. Just on my 3100km tour-the-france trip the summary stayed empty. Something in the logged data confused the total distance calculator.

If you have the same issue and run on your own server you could change in requests.php as follows:

In the dist calculation i added directly after $dist = rad2deg($dist);

if (is_nan($dist))

{

$dist = 0 ;

}

I'm sure LEM will come with a solution, this is just a workaround i suppose, but it worked for me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
I think/hope you mean this version where you can work local
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I'm not sure why that happens, so I will just add your solution by now. Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jeepin_idaho:
i now at least have trackme working but i can't do the live tracking because it won't connect to the server. it says i need to update my client but i have app all set up on my device. is there something else i ned to do onlin to use lem's server? thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
trip summary highlights sometimes incomplete

I noticed that the list of photo's below the tripsummary wasn't always complete.

As soon as there's a comment text with the picture, the list stops. At the same time the clientsw on the pda gives an errormessage: "error processing result (xxxxxxxx)" where xxxx stands for the returned data from the server.

Replaying on the desktop the sent data shows no strange things, it appears to be a clientsw thing.

As a work around i changed the requests.php script on my serverside, suppressing the comment text in the result sent to the client.

At the bottom of this script you can see:

$output.=$row['Latitude']."|".$row['Longitude']."|".$row['ImageURL']."|".$row['Comments']."|".$row['IconURL']."\n";

I changed that to:

$output.=$row['Latitude']."|".$row['Longitude']."|".$row['ImageURL']."|".""."|".$row['IconURL']."\n";

i hope it can be fixed properly, because the summary feature is awesome !!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
That has already been fixed but I haven't uploaded the new version yet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] seninho:
Problem with uploading files

Hi guys,

I'm using Track me (great tool!) on my Polaris with WM 6.1 (Bepe's ROM) and I do have absolutly no problems.

My colleague uses same phone, same ROM, but gets an Error while running TRack Me when it tries to upload to server. He also can't open "Show position on map" saying that it can't be opened. The page opens up in IE. When he tries to open it in Opera, it works out fine.

Any suggestions?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uyogesh:
I guess the server is offline for a while, me too have the same problem now.

I have few questions and suggessions,

* Is it possible to use this software if my mobile is lost? Will this software autostart? and auto connect GPS and 3G?

* Is it possible to show only my current location in my blog or personal website? I dont want to show my tracks to the public.

But still I would like to show my complete tracks to my friends and family in the google earth.

* There is a small problem... Whenever I am inside my home/office, it shows satellites 1 to 3... but the locations uploaded are entirely wrong and far away from my place. I feel annoied to turn off each time I go indoor.

Maybe you could make it save only the points which are nearer.. because I cant jump a very long distance in a short time. So using the distance and time, the error can be ignored and those points can be ignored with out saving.

* When using "Screen off" it doesnt go to shealth mode. It will be nice if it go to shealth mode when I press screen off

* The power saving mode is no use, because if the GPS is switched off, it takes atleast few mins to lockdown the satellites.

* Is it possible to initiate this software or get data by sms commands?

* In this website.. http://luisespinosa.com/trackme/index.php I cannot choose the satellite view in live tracking. I hope I have live tracking on my website.

* Why the local for kml save is removed in new version? When I travel abroad, I always dont have internet. If have local option, I can send kml file from my phone to public computer then email it. Now I cannot!

Okay, will this new version connect to the server using activesyc? Is it possible to trasfter kml using only activesync (no wifi or 3G).

Still lot of ideas and questions in my mind... but its time to get back to work... i keep posting later.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
Lost&Found

The sw can autostart and do it's work on your pda, but in which scenario would this be of use?

- if trackme is already running: go home and look for the current position on the website

(you should be in remote tracking mode for this)

- if trackme is not running: autostart would only be usefull when someone presses the reset button on your device

- and offcourse it'll only work with a build-in gps

- try google and you'll find a lot of software for tracking down a lost/stolen device

showing current location on your personal website and public/personal issue's

- can all be done if you run on your own server

- than you can customize it yourself

non-accurate gps-locations

- on the GPS-page of the trackme pda s/w you can choose how many sattelites need to be available as a minimum. (default is 1). Set this to a higher number and this issue is fixed

livetracking

the only thing the website does is picking up the kml-file you generate with the pda. if you point to this kmlfile in google-earth and tell google earth to refresh automaticly you get exactly what you want in any view without having to use the website.

local kmlfile

read back in this thread and you'll find why the local options are removed. The kml file generation is only available at the serverside.

activesync

trackme will try to setup a connection to the internet. How internet is accessible from your pda is up to you and outside of trackme. if you have activesync (on your desktop) setup that it can relay pda<>internet traffic then it should work
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
What's the version of your client?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
uyogesh,

xdaradar already answered your questions, but regarding this:

Stealth mode only minimizes TrackMe. If you need this, just click on the X icon.

This will be available soon. You will be able to make snapshots of your last uploaded position.

I wouldn't say no use. It depends how you want to use it. If you plan to upload positions every 20 seconds and you turn on and off your GPS for every new position, obviously will not be very useful. That feature should be used when your interval is bigger than that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
googlemaps issue with "show position on map"

every so often i appear to have Startrek "beam me up scotty" capabilities ;-)

"show position on map" places me far away of my actual recorded position. Some debugging shows it to be gm.php stringhandling issue.

the gm.php scripts handles these requests at the serverside, generating googlemaps url's.

the one with a longitude of 6.4 puts me in the east of the netherlands

the one with a longitude of 5.4 puts me in the middle of the netherlands

the one with a longitude of 5.9 should put me somewhere in between, but places me in Great Brittain

http://maps.google.com/mapdata?lati...e&zm=4800&w=320&h=240&cc=&min_priority=5&zl=8

http://maps.google.com/mapdata?lati...e&zm=4800&w=320&h=240&cc=&min_priority=5&zl=8

http://maps.google.com/mapdata?lati...e&zm=4800&w=320&h=240&cc=&min_priority=5&zl=8

in the calculation gm.php looses trailing blanks beyond the decimal point where googlemaps expects them.

i've repaired this and attached a new gm.php for Staryon, maybe you can look if you like the fix (i'm not a programmer)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] uyogesh:
Thank u xdaradar and staryon, almost I got all answers for my questions, really useful :)

Yes, Stealth mode only minimizes TrackMe. but,

If I click on the X icon, how can I "Screen Off"?

If I "Screen Off", how can I keep it in Stealth mode?

Maybe, it would be better to assign a key for "screen off". So, I can only switch off the screen and run the apps. am I going in a different direction? I guess so...

I think its only possible if you provide me a stand alone app with only Screen Off. Because I am using so many apps such as skype, trackme, msn, which needs wifi or 3G and power on.

Does anyone know any stand alone software for Screen Off?, staryon? Sorry to hijack this thread a little bit.. but ofcourse it maybe useful with TrackMe.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot. I will update the server files with that change for the next version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xdaradar:
I don't think there's any trackme change needed here.

- google for shutxp, this utility lets your turn off screen/device, etc.

- screenoff in trackme will turn of screen, while apps keep running

- just like the poweroff button on your pda

- map "today" to a hw button to minimize all

- or try HTC taskmanager or pBar or several other utilies that do the same
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] VOODOOS!L:
nice, but I hope they will be configurable, so you can easily chose what data you want to upload...

btw, what is the traffic that will be used while uploading during a trip? as I don't have an unlimited data account...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] odie3:
I thought that was happening and I meant to report it last night.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
In that case edit the index.php file. Find this line:

map.setCenter(new GLatLng(0,0),0);

And change it to:

map.setCenter(new GLatLng(0,0),0,G_HYBRID_MAP);

or

map.setCenter(new GLatLng(0,0),0,G_SATELLITE_MAP);
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Not sure if it is the same thing but when you try to export and select remote for the destination it uses information from and to your server and not the user selected server.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Basically I just make a HTTP request with this:

http://luisespinosa.com/trackme/requests.php?action=upload&username=USER&password=PASS&lat=20.2482086166667&long=28.2732949&dateadded=2007-10-30 9:57:10&dateoccurred=2007-10-30 9:57:10&tripname=mytrip

And I get back a response that looks like:

Result:1
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, probably was the same problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] planetibo:
This is funny!!

How i can to make a "real time" google map?

I want that my website with my track show in real time the KML track.

Is it possible?

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Check out post 217...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] planetibo:
I haven't find the code on the post #217 to make a google map with real-time tracking...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
You mean you didn't see this CODE section in the middle of that post?

Seriously, I know the search is broken but....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version ready.

- Notification of errors have been improved.

- When started, the program was always using the default server instead

of the one specified in Config->Remote.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pennywisdom:
Wonderful, the program works great except I am having problems getting it to connect to my server. I have succeeded in setting up the map on my site and I just need to get it to upload in order to have the tracking online.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
What errors are you getting? Maybe if you provide some extra information we can help you with that.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] pennywisdom:
I set up the MySQL just like jcleek explained, installed the php, my page even shows the route that I manually uploaded to my server.

http://www.underweargoesinsidethepants.com/track/index.php

The only problem is for uploading the positions to the server. Here is what my config looks like

Account

Username: *what was used for the MySQL setup*

Password: *what was used for the MySQL setup*

Server

ID: http://www.underweargoesinsidethepants.com

Port: 80

Root Folder: /track/

Files Extension: php

You can see that the index.php is located in the /track/ folder of the main site. Did I enter that information properly into the settings?

Thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] planetibo:
I have an html page with this code! but, when i run with my car and "trackme", i have a friend see my page, and see my track. After, 10 or 50 second, they aren't new point. He must reload the page for see the new point from kml. How i can make a page whith point in real time= i want that my google map page load kml in "stream"?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] powerppc:
Put this on top of the page, just like what I did. <meta http-equiv="REFRESH" CONTENT="60" "content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>

Content = 60 is 60 seconds.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] powerppc:
Thanks JCleek. I wasn't too sure about the G_, I had only put in Hybrid_map, but didn't put G_ in front of it. Close, but no cigar for me. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Sorry folks, there was a problem with the last zip I uploaded. Staryon can you use this one on your link?