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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
The guys who wrote the web viewer are completely missing in action and there are already a couple of problems that have not been fixed in a long time. I'm afraid I will have to take that part and fix the problems myself and add the new features, but unfortunately it will have to take a while until I understand how everything works and I get the time!

Sorry about that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mcross:
Hello Staryon,

It has been awhile. :-) I got pretty far behind in my work, but am still a big fan of trackme. I will add this Traffic Mashup.

What else needs to be done?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
mcross,

Nice to see you back.

These are the issues/Requests that are pending:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2271771&highlight=mcross#post2271771

(Several users have complained about this problem)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2375295&highlight=mcross#post2375295

(Possible new feature? Check Phree's previous posts as well)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=2264143&highlight=mcross#post2264143

(Possible new feature?)

By the way, did you continue working on that new version that you showed us sometime ago? It looked really awesome.

Thanks for your help.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lidholm:
Ok, I'm sorry to hear that.

But I can see your point as well.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mcross:
I was just looking through the new interface code trying to refresh my brain, The Traffic overlay actually works off the the Ext library, so it looks like in order the show the traffic it will have to be on the new interface.,

I will look at the other problems first. Then move on to the traffic and Ext version
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Ok, I just fixed that issue. Sorry about that!

Just download the latest version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
before I install the net .NET and MySQL to run TrackMe, could someone please answer me these 2 questions (I swear I tried to search this thread/FAQs, but it's pretty hard to find anything):

1) is it possible to configure TrackMe to "upload the location if I moved more than 200 meters, but no more than once each 3 minutes"

for example... if I'm at 0m at 00:00 and get to 300m at 00:01, it would send my location

but if I get to 600m at 00:02, it wouldn't (but at 00:03 it would)

2) my concern with the above question is because EDGE bandwidth is still pretty expensive where I live (there're some $50 unlimited plans, but since I don't use too much bandwidth, I use a $10 for 20 MBs/month)... so I'd like to use around 500 KBs/day at most for tracking

so my doubt is if it's possible to, instead of sending the whole kml file (that can grow very big) every update, I can send just like 2 float number (+ connection overhead) indicating my position... then the server (I'd code my own server in this case) would create the .kml putting the last positions together?

thanks very much
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
mcross,

I'd posted an issue earlier at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2347161&postcount=2526, so perhaps you could look at it too? TIA
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Not everything. You can do what is in bold letters.

I would suggest you to use TrackMe in Offline mode. That means that you decide when to upload data to the server. Meanwhile the data is stored internally on your PDA.

I have a data plan here in the US, but I go to Europe some often where I don't have any data plans. I use Offline mode while I'm there, and once I get to a place where I can connect my PDA to the Internet, I upload my data to the server.

Hope it helps.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
thanks for your answers

hm, with the live tracking, the only way is to upload the whole kml file everytime?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
For Live Tracking the KML file is generated on the server. Nothing is uploaded only the request to the server is sent.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
hm, that's interesting then

only the current position/speed is sent to the server?

any ideas on how much data is transfered?

I tried GPSGate for a while and it was around 300 bytes
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mburlingame:
I have modded the index.php file it's attached in this message just download it and place in the root dir of your server dir ex: /var/www/html/trackme and it will enable traffic for all maps, there is no option to turn it off but it does work with the current version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Doemaarwat:
Just installed latest version and it works.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
I decided to give it a try on HTC Tytn II, but I'm having the same problem as people in FAQ (although the FAQ didn't help me)... it freezes when I click start

but it just happens if a GPRS/EDGE connection is created!

I find it very weird, because it also happens with Garmin Mobile XT... it freezes when starting if there's a GPRS/EDGE connection

that's weird, because GpsGate works correct for me (even when sending position for tracking using GPRS), so I don't know what may be the cause

maybe it's related to the way the connection is made... maybe it's the RADIO, don't know

any hints?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Do you have A-GPS enabled?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
no, just using the built-in GPS with QuickGPS :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
A-GPS is a feature that you can turn on or off in your GPS.

If it's enabled, TrackMe won't work.

You can check if it is enabled by using the KaiserTweak application (listed as Assisted GPS)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
thanks, you're the man!

this also solved my garmin mobile XT problem, so now I don't need to delete my GPRS connection everytime I want to use the GPS!

also, in case anyone is interested:

the program uses around 1 KB (send+receive) for each http request (so, if you just send the position, it's 1 KB each position... if you send position+request to generate KML, it's 2 KBs

congrats on this program and I also sent you a donation :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
hm, just 2 more questions

1) do I need "generate KML" when using TrackMe Display (I'm running it in my own server)?

2) if I configure trackme to run stealth, what happens if it loses GPS signal (ie, when I get inside my home)? it keeps trying to adquire satellites all the time?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
You only need to do that if you are going to do Live Tracking with Google Earth.

Yes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sifthlady:
Install problems

First i must great work, mt next problem is that i cant get these two instal Microsoft Compact Framework 3.5, SQL Server Mobile 3.5 on my pad can you explain to me how to get it done. I am new to this stuff:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Here's how I did it, and I'm new to this too.

Goto the first post in this thread and download the two files.

Copy them to your device, I have file Syncing via Active Sync so I just dropped them into the My Device my documents on my pc and let active sync do the work.

Then goto file Explorer on you device and goto my documents if not already in there and tap on each file to install the SQL server and Framework.

Hope that helps.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p-de-geus:
If possible i would like to have the following option:

When moving in a strait line, than a new gps point and remove the last one, this to reduce amount of points because its not nessesary to have that many at that moment.

Don't know if this is someting that hard to programm or not.

My dad told me his Garmin has this build-in.

If its not to hard i would like to have this option, if its to hard i also can life with it;).

You re programm rock's anyway;);)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lrossouw:
gpstuner has this built in. i think it works as follows: if direction doesn't change by more than x degrees keep waiting for a new point. store the previous point (and the current one of course) once direction has changed by more than x degrees.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moovius:
I have been trying to install Trackme on my HTC Mogul (6800) which has wm6.1 (dcd rom 3.2.2) and so far no success.

.net 3.5 is already installed on my current rom, so all I had to do is install the msql server program listed on the first page.

Right now when I try to export the gps tracking or do it remotely in real-time it isn't able to connect to the server (just using the included server in Trackme). I tried to type in a new login/pass and it will come back with "invalid login/password" no matter what I type in (I tried a few different combinations).

Is the invalid log/pass message indicative of another problem possibly? (My mobile internet is working just fine).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Are you able to upload positions with no problems?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moovius:
No. Here's what the screen says verbatim:

[12:56:48 PM] Storing (offline)41.937,-84.953...

[12:56:48 PM] Position added correctly.

[12:56:59 PM] Uploading 41.937,-84.953...

[12:57:01 PM] Incorrect Password for user

It repeats that over and over.

I have the Store GPS positions every... set to every 10 seconds

and I have the Don't store consecutive points less than 50 feet off.

It doesn't seem to want to login.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
you're probably trying to use a username that's already in use

try to create a new one
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] thetiltedKaiser:
http://www.traceme.org/

Did these guys steal your idea?

http://www.traceme.org/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moovius:
I had created some whacky names that I thought for sure no one else would have... but anyways... I did just try it and now it's working....

So it must have been a fluke? I dunno.

I'll see what I can get to work with google earth.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
There were other similar programs before TrackMe. Actually the reason I wrote it was because I needed a program like that and after trying many of them they were all buggy and they didn't have everything that I needed.

Something that I have noticed though is after I wrote TrackMe a few other programs came out with a very similar name.

Regarding this one... I'm not sure I haven't really tried it but it seems that it just came out.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moovius:
route.kml

Ok I have done some small tests with Trackme to see if I could walk around my house and around my place of work in a space of 100 feet square and see if it could track that.

I made sure it was pulling satellites (around 8-9) and walked around while I had it storing positions every 10 seconds and I had the Don't store points if less than 50 feet option off.

It created this http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme/routes/410440.kml

I also I exported the test trip to local generated kml file (it created a route.kml file successfully on my phone).

Each time I generate a kml file on my phone it always ends up being 2.25 kb

Something isn't working correctly and I can't quite put my finger on it.

Suggestions? Please hit me with the dummy stick if needed :):cool:

Update: I'm able to get on the TrackMe Display (v1.20) and look at the route I just tested, so that is working. But the local route.kml file doesn't seem to have any coordinates that Google Earth can read (which is based off the same trip that is working in the Trackme Display. *I'm cluttering up this forum, forgive me*
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
It looks good to me. I can see 3 or 4 positions using the Web Viewer and also using the KML link that you posted with Google Earth.

Is there any reason why you are using TrackMe in offline mode?

That means that the positions won't be uploaded to the server until you decide it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
Hey :)

Good to see so much support still continuing on this fantastic app - and great to see mcross back again!

Question: If a friend of mine uses my server to upload his tracks, how can I see it? At the moment I have my server set to "private" so it requires a user/pass. I've noticed in a few of your posts that you say you can see tracks that users have upped to your server. My friend hasn't actually "joined" my site yet so I don't know if I'm missing something simple that will become apparent once he joins...?

Thanks :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Right now The only way is by logging in using his/her username and password.

It would be nice to have a feature in the future that allows you to see tracks from friends.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
[shouts]

mcross, we've got another request!!

[/shouts] :D

You DO realise that you're tempting me into buying a new ppc just so I can have the facility to upload my pictures within trackme don't you?! You may recall I asked about it before as it just crashes the program on my wm2003...If the wife won't listen to me trying to justify it (she rarely does), will you have a word? :eek:

BTW, have you ever seen this: Biggest drawing in the World using GPS & DHL? It's not a genuine actual factual thing that happened, but it's all possible...Some pretty cool work figuring out the exact locations needed - read down the page for the full location list.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moovius:
I swear on a stack of "Dummies for Dummies" books that I had tried this with another WORKING login/pass and it wouldn't give me anything and it would give me errors when I was on googlemaps.com when I pasted in the url with the remote kml.

Now it's all working... I sense a CONSPIRACY!!!!

:)

Thank you for your help. This is such a sweet program!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Have you checked if your PDA can be upgraded from WM2003 to WM5?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
Yeah :( I've spent hours researching it and everything stops with: No. It's an HP RX3715 so if anyone out there knows it can be done, please let me know!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry about that.

The problem is there are a few functions that were introduced in WM2005 and TrackMe really needs them such as SMS handling and the window where you can choose what images you want to upload.

At this moment it's very difficult to find an alternative to those.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
are there any chances it keep working when the phone is "power off" (you know, standby, like when you press the power button on a windows mobile)?

I know it's possible because GpsGate worked this way, but I don't know if a lot need to be changed

if you have some idea about what would need to be changed, I could try to code it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moovius:
Google Earth and Google Maps: Total Trip Distance

I see that when I look at the .kml file in Google Earth and in Google Maps it doesn't give me a summary of the trip with the total average time and speed and as well as the total distance for that particular trip.

But when I use the jcleek's custom viewer, it shows a trip summary with average speed, total trip distance, and total time.

Are Google Earth and Google Maps supposed to do this? Is there a way to get them to do that?

I searched about this, but didn't see anything about it in this topic.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Google Earth doesn't show that. You can get that information using the TrackMe client:

Go to Manage Trips->Get Existing->hold item->Download Summary
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] moovius:
Sweet. Thanks for the super quick response!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
No problem, I can do everything else with it so it's a luxury I can workaround for now :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] del4:
Keep working with screen off

I would like this functionality too, and posted about it over in the S2P thread to see if I could find out more about how S2P does it with no luck.

When I turn off my device using the power button when S2P is playing a track, the file keeps playing even though the screen is off. However, if I'm also using TrackMe, I find that my GPSr has also been turned off so that I'm unable to maintain a tracklog of my location. Is there any way of having the GPS remain on, similar to the way that S2P manages to keep the music playing, or is this something in the OS that is limited to just audio output?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
I know it's not because GpsGate works

when I power off, it keeps reading the position from GPS (even when timed, so it turn off GPS and only turn it on when need to get the new position) and sending it using internet connection
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Riel:
It seems you are quite handy with that.

A few pages ago we were thinking about adding this option on server ... :

http://nicogoeminne.googlepages.com/documentation.html

Possible?

Want to use it for first and last point of a trip... :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Oppdragnemo:
Custom Viewer

This application is awesome.

Great work!

Is it possible to integrate jcleek’s Custom Viewer(Realtime and prerecorded dada) on my own web-server? I can’t find any downloads for this plugin.

How can I view my data at http://luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html(Number 3).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
The download with all the files for running on your own server are in the very first post of this thread under "How to use your own server" ;) Read the instructions in the zip for how to install...If you get stuck, post up for help. Make sure you read how to install the sql stuff too :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Hey guys. Long time no see. It's been a while since I stopped by but I just loaded up the new version and redid the server piece to get set up for a trip to Sturgis. I ran into a bit of a problem with forcing uploads with photos. The error I get is:

Anyone know how to fix?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
Good to see you again. :)

I had to contact my host because they changed my server side security settings without passing it on to us users.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hatchy:
i installed the program

great work

one question

does the program need to be started always before you get locations

or is it already started from the time you activate your phone?

greetz Hatchy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
Hatchy - I don't think you can. I thought there was an option to run at startup, but after checking, I don't think there is.

jcleek - check the permissions of your images folder on your server. I had my security changed as well recently and I had to change my permissions from 777 to 755. Give that a go and see if it works ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Didn't work. I even created a fresh folder structure with a different name and uploaded everything again, setting "pics" to 755 and still get the same error. Any other ideas?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
There is not an option to run the program when your start the phone. However, it's very easy to do. I know other users are doing it. Basically you need to add a shortcut to the program in the Start folder. Not sure if it's exactly like that but you'll find out if you research a little bit.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] warmkiwi99:
I have been running this since you first created it but now on my Kaiser running wm6.1, i get an exception when it starts up. does it run under std wm6.1?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
jcreek,

I took a look and surprisingly, my pics folder is still set to 777 <--- but I think that's coz I don't use it and so have never had a problem with it (I run wm2003 and it can't cope with the pictures). However, I checked another folder on my site where I do upload pics and that is definitely set to 755. What version of php are you running - and also, do you have register_globals set to on or off? I think that was a problem I had before and I just set them locally to the folder as on.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
jcreek,

My pics folder is set to 777 and I had to have my web host modify my security setting to enable my uploads again. Let me see if I can find the message they set back after the changes.

Edit: Found it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
That was it! Created a new .htaccess file and dropped it into my TrackMe folder and its all good now. Thanks!

Staryon, might want to add that info to the first post.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dust869:
Can some one help me with seating up my own server?

I did everything that was told to do and I get this when I try to go to the page. (Failed to connect to database. Display terminated.)

and also when i put my ip address i get the same thing when i try to upload the file. I know the seatings are correct for my db i just don't get why it cant connect. a link to my server is alexten.no-ip.org/trackme and im running this on a windows xp home i have php server setup and apache web server. thanks for any help. And thanks for the great program I tested it with ur server and it works good.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p-de-geus:
Can you add support for QuickGPS??

It takes several minutes to have a fix.

If i start tomtom7 it gets a fix in about 10 seconds.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
It should take the same time in getting a fix for tomtom or TrackMe.

In my case TomTom sometimes takes like 4 minutes to get a fix and other times just 1 minute. Same with TrackMe.

TrackMe just opens a port and start receiving data, nothing else.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lem0nHead:
hey staryon, do you have any ideas about my last post?

are there any chances it keep working when the phone is "power off" (you know, standby, like when you press the power button on a windows mobile)?

I know it's possible because GpsGate worked this way, but I don't know if a lot need to be changed

if you have some idea about what would need to be changed, I could try to code it
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I didn't reply because I don't plan to add that at this moment. Maybe in the future, I don't know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] harty83:
Hey Staryon,

I use trackme with the powersaving mode enabled if I'm on foot. There are times that I want to force an update with pictures and a comment. I think that is the purpose of 'Force Update' correct? If that is the case, the force update will not activate the gps if it is in between connections (time frame set to upload positions). It gives an error that says no valid gps positions available. Is this a bug or is there a reason for it?

Thanks!

Alan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hmm.. keep in mind that if you use powersaving mode your GPS is off, therefore TrackMe doesn't know where you are. I think I should disable the Force Update feature when powersaving is used.

Another option would be to upload your forced update once you the GPS is on again, but maybe it's not a good idea because the current position and the moment when you selected 'Force update' could be very distant.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] harty83:
Could you make it so that if the power saving mode is enabled, a force update wil kill the reconnect timer, activate the gps, get a position and post it with the image, icon and comment, then kill the gps and start the timer for the next reconnect?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
That's was the second option that I said.

However, I don't think it's a good idea. Imagine that you are driving in your car and take a picture of something. Now you click on 'Force Update'

It may take a couple of minutes before you get a fix and the force update position will be very inaccurate.

On the other hand, it's very complicated to do that because of the way TrackMe is designed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] harty83:
My apologies. I miss understood. As a web programmer, I understand program code and framework complications. I also see your point. What are your thoughts on having the force update have the same options as the upload picture so that it will use the latest position within the set parameters (time and distance)? Or giving the options when uploading pictures to add a comment? I like the former more than the later.

Thanks!

Alan