yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
How did you take that picture? Does it have GPS EXIF data?

In order to match a picture with an existing position I do this:

1. If the picture has EXIF GPS data I compare its lat/long with the existing data in the database.

2. If I cannot find a match, I check EXIF Creation Time and I try to find the closest position (in time difference) in the database.

3. If the picture has not any exif data I just check the file creation time.

That means that if your picture had GPS data, it should be associated with the closest (in distance) uploaded position that you have in the database.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deuzeff:
Hi Staryon,

yes now I understand how you manage that. I took pics with the GPS mode activated, while uploading them randomly to my server, it indeed matches them to relevant points.

Would it be possible to add a function, letting the user choose a set of lat/lon for the pic he uploads. This way, if the pic only has a EXIF Date, it would be possible to match it to a location of your choice :).

EDIT: Not sure if it's device related, but when I go to the "Delete positions", I try to use the range in order to delete only some points, no pb so far. However, I try selecting the "hours", but it's cycling from 01 to 12 w/o showing if we are actually AM or PM :(.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] luke.kemp:
Removing trips from the kml file

Hi,

Firstly, can I just thank everyone who has contributed to this program - it is absolutely awesome!!!

Secondly, I'm a bit new to this php stuff etc... Is there anyway that i can delete trips from the website?

Thanks

Luke
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, that would be nice, but I think it would be better to do that from the web viewer.

Regarding your other problem... go to Regional Settings on your PDA.

You probably have empty the field where you can select AM/PM
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks about that.

No, that's not possible... yet :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hey guys...

sorry for the lack of updates lately.

Unfortunately/Fortunately :) I got a second job and it's really consuming all my spare time. I really want to work on TrackMe again but at this moment is being very difficult!! :D As you guys know I have a big list of requests for TrackMe that I will be taken care of as soon as things change a little bit.

Cheers
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deuzeff:
That was so simple... :rolleyes:

Thanks a lot ;).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] RobsTV:
Thanks for the great work!

This app is great!

Thanks for all the features you have included.

I am finding more things to try everyday.

Just now tried out the lost or stolen text me feature, and again, great.

Finally donated as well as posted info about this software at fatwallet.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate that.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] justpctech:
still a problem with 'signalstrength' in 'fieldlist' error

I've upgraded to the latest server files- downloaded from your site. Went to the trouble of deleting old database and recreating new one, importing old data but old data didnt have the fields in the cellid table yet. I added them with the new database.sql file, but still get that error when I run TrackMe.

It finds sats, goes to uploading,then throws the error:

Error: Unknown column 'signalstrength' in 'fieldlist'

Storing offline comes next of course- then either way, if I upload offline data or not I get the blank map page on my TrackMe server. I've been searching the thread for an hour now trying to find something I may have missed to no avail.

Any other ideas?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Did you check if that column exists in the Positions table?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] justpctech:
yes all 3 were there after I imported them:

signalstrength

signalstrengthMax

signalstrengthMin

edit: wait...the "positions table" or the cellid table? by the newest database sql it looks like they belong in cellid table.

Not really a big deal, I was just trying to save some existing trips. I might try clean install again and then just import the trips...see how that goes.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Both tables have that column.

That must be the problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] justpctech:
AH HA! yup, thats it then probably. I can see it in the new database.sql, I probably overwrote it when I imported the old stuff. Now I know what I have to do...I think! :o

thanks again for the input and a great gps app Staryon!

Added: Success!! that was exactly the problem...my limited knowledge of sql. working fine again now, although the cellid has never worked for me on Sprint. I'll do some reading back and see if I can figure that out now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ehrnst:
Tried this on my s740/rose smartphone. Got continuous errors about "stack overflow". I can see that some of the icons on the "dock" is half gone, and think it is related. Any ideas?

Thank You
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] justpctech:
not for Windows mobile Standard edition

as far as I've read, TrackMe is not compatible with the Windows Mobile Standard edition which is what most smartphones run. I believe its on the "to do list" however! ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
No, TrackMe is compatible with Smartphones as well. That was added like 3 or 4 months ago.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] justpctech:
Oops!

I apologize for mis-information. :o Man, I must have been reading WAY far back today...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ehrnst:
but this is not a known issue?

works good on my touch pro tough:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I don't remember having seen that error before...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ehrnst:
thats a shame. really need it to work!

Anyone tried it on the s740?

actually ive got a feature request also. How about lap timing?

I am often on the race track and i would be nice to use it for that as well:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smerkx:
Hi,

Haven't tried any updates since 5.2.8.129, but I have noticed the following:

When I start trackme and it gives a 'waiting for GPS response' message, if I then start BeelineGPS, wait for it to get a fix and then return to trackme and stop/start tracking, then I immediately get a fix in trackme.

If I do not start BeelineGPS, trackme will just sit there in 'waiting for GPS response'.

Somehow I think it has something to do with the way trackme opens/initializes the GPS device...

BTW this is on Windows Mobile 6.0, using the 'shared' GPS device. (that is: WM6 provides a COM2 device which all programs that use GPS can open simultaneously to get GPS data).

Regards,

Stanley.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
In case you didn't take a look, check the FAQ. There are a few possible solutions for that. Maybe one of them will resolve your problem.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ehrnst:
anyone tried with the s740 yet?

also, the screenshots posted on page1 is those from an old version, i seem to miss tabs in the config menu
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, some screenshots are from old versions. I have updated them several times but since I always keep making changes is difficult to have them up to date. Sorry about that.

Hopefully somebody will be able to help with updated screenshots or extending the manual.

If not, I will try to have some updated screenshots soon.

As I said, I won't be able to work on TrackMe for a while because of this other project that I'm working on.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] beach:
Hi!

Thank you very much for TrackMe, i really enjoy using it.

However, there are a few minor issues i am dealing with.

I am using TrackMe on my Qtek 9090 running WM 6.13 in conjunction with a wired serial GPS mouse on COM 1. This GPS mouse is powered by my car's battery. Whenever i turn off the engine, my GPS mouse shuts down. When i press the "stop" button in TrackMe after it lost connection to my GPS mouse, it totally freezes and i have to soft reset my PDA.

If i keep TrackMe running, its not able to re-establish the connection to the GPS mouse after i switched the engine of my car back on. I have to restart TrackMe (without pressing the "stop" button first) to successfully re-establish a connection to my GPS mouse.

Maybe a little "check" routine could fix that? In case of lost connection to GPS, periodically re-initialize the com port (or something like that), and try to re-establish connection to the GPS mouse until it becomes available. That way, TrackMe truly would become a "set and forget" application.

Thank you for your time reading this, looking forward to any answer :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I'll check if there is a way of getting an event when the connection to the GPS has been lost. In that case I can try to reopen the port again.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hale.231:
I have been searching this thread for a substantial amount of time and cannot find a fix to my problem. I continually get the 'Waiting for GPS response....' has anyone else had this problem and found a way to connect. I have looked at the faq and still no solution.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] illflux:
I just wanted to say thanks to staryon and everybody who has worked on the web viewer. This is a fantastic piece of software and is exactly what I've been looking for for a long time now.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Did you try the programs GPSState and Port Splitter?

Just to double check...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot!! ;)

I'm glad you liked it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] illflux:
Has there been any consideration given to allowing the software to pull waypoints from the server and point the user toward them? I like to log my tracks while mushroom hunting, and also placing waypoints wherever I find mushrooms. I'd like to be able to pull these waypoints down from the server and have my handset point me to them, as mushrooms will often grow in the same place, year-to-year.

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I like how you use the program :) Unfortunately I don't have plans to add navigation features to the program because I think that there are already tons of applications that do that. This is more a program that tells you where you have been instead of where you are going.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
By the way... I just thought something.

It would be nice to have an option to export data to GPX/KML based on some conditions (icon name/comments...) Once you export that data to a file, you could use one of those programs for Geocaching which takes that file and add them as a waypoints.

I think that would be a very nice feature to have so you could achieve what you need.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ufriendxda:
By HP612C, TrackMe can't get GSM Cell ID.

CommMgrPro can show LAC & Cell ID: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=299070

staryon, could you please take a look into it and find out a fix for HP612C? Thank you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi ufriendxda,

What error do you get?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ufriendxda:
Error: Cell id not received in 3S

No valid position available

I've searched, found a post which discussed how to get LAC & cell id (but in chinese): http://topic.csdn.net/u/20080802/17/34b940b8-7637-4d63-a765-dc32672b820c.html

HP612C can't get "my position" of google map to work with GSM cell id.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
In that case, it won't work with TrackMe either, because I do exactly the same thing than Google (I use the RIL libraries)

However I'll take a look at that application later just in case I find out something.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] khaytsus:
Something kind of along these lines is something I've been thinking would be nice is a quick way to add a "special" point which the web server could mark differently. No comment, no picture, just marked special. Often when I'm driving I see something I want to investigate further I'd love to hit a button in TrackMe and mark it on the map when I have time to come back and look.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] illflux:
I agree that it would be nice to have a button available on the "main" page that forces an update but doesn't require one to comment or specify an icon. The extra step is tough to do when driving, etc. I'd still like to be able to choose an icon, attach a photo, or comment for those times when I'm not multitasking, though.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smerkx:
More info...

Hi Staryon,

I've just been on 4 weeks' vacation and used trackme to track every day of it. Now I just need to sit down and make some really cool mashups of my travel log, my photo albums and the GPS traces.

Anyway, I did discover more about the 'waiting for GPS response' thing... whenever this happens (very often) I just leave trackme running, open BeeLineGPS, wait for it to get a fix, then stop/start tracking in trackme and immediately it starts. This works every time.

However I also saw that there is a new version which contains a fix regarding closing the COM port, I haven't tried it yet...

Will let you know as soon as I have...

Regards,

Stanley.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smerkx:
Okay, so I tried 5.3.8.137, but it still shows the same problem.

I have found that if BeeLineGPS is running in the background, I can stop/start tracking as often as I want without a problem, but without it, it's not possible to stop/start tracking: once I have stopped it I'm stuck in the 'Waiting for GPS response...' state.

BTW I am using the 'virtual GPS device' from windows mobile 6 on COM2 so I can run multiple GPS programs at the same time...

Re,

Stanley.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nightcruiser:
short question:

it is possible to show different positions in one map at the same time from different handhelds?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Antboy:
I tested this app for the first time today, and I'm mightily impressed.

My only question is regarding pictures. Whenever I select a pic to upload I get "Error: IndexOutOfRange" error.

Right now my pics are saved to the Storage card, and are named YearMonthDayTime_Number, for example:

YYYYMMDDHHMM_XXX.jpg

200902271543_004.jpg

(using a 24hr clock)

I tried searching the thread for the error, but couldn't find anything. Has anyone else run into this? Once I get this working, I can't wait to take it on vacation. :D

Using HTC Vogue with NFSFANs Bell 1.28 ROM.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
It should work as long as you use the same username and password for each one of the devices.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Antboy,

Thanks for your comments.

Before going further, are you using my server or your own?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Antboy:
I'm using your server at the moment. I plan on setting it up on my own next week. :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Do you think you can send me one of the pictures? if you can, just make a test picture that has that problem. I'll test it here.

You can send it to me at the email that appears here:

http://www.luisespinosa.com/contact_eng.html

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Antboy:
Done, and thanks for the app.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks. I tried but it worked fine on mine.

Do you think you can tell me what regional settings you have?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] taz357:
Hey thats sweet!! I going to try it tonight-Question though: does the other have to have this program for me to track them??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Antboy:
Regional Settings:

English (US)

Time Style h:mm:ss tt

Short Date M/d/yy

Ling date dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Looks fine to me. Anybody else had that problem?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Antboy:
Thanks for getting back to me.

I'm hoping to set it up on my server in the next day or so to see if I get the same problems.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Antboy:
Had some spare time over lunch, so I set up my own server, made sure the pics subdirectory had the proper permissions, and I'm still getting "IndexOutOfRange" when I try to upload.

Every other aspect of the server is working (live tracking, bearing, uploading trips, etc).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gudivada213:
realtime vehicle fleet tracking system

Hi sir,

I read you article its very brillient...sir i tried to get the help in online about realtime vehicle tracking system. but i couldnt get any help. I hope you will help me regarding my acdemic project.

operating system==ubuntu 8.10

vehicle tracking unit = OWA22A

i am using google map api to get the map in my browser. I already

installed Apache2,mysql and php5 to work with this.

But i am totally confused, how will i get the details of my vehicle

tracking unit on my browser.

how to integrate those details on my map. Is there any software(Is track me will suitable for me) available to do this. Please help to me.

thanks in advance,

with sincerely,

sravan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Please check the manual for more information about what TrackMe does.

I recommend you to test the program first using my own server and once you see that if it does what you need, you can try setting up your own server.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deuzeff:
Hi Staryon,

I think I can guess the answer already, but is the "Find Closest Buddy" function searching people on the server you are using at the moment?

Meaning that if you use your own server, it will search user only within your own server?

Greets ;).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] myszak6:
Error: Database not open /ver. 5.3.8.137

Hi,

sorry for (maybe) stupid question, but I did not find solution within this 400+ pages thread (isn¨t it just time to start a new one?:confused:)

I'm on HTC Touch Pro /Raphael with genuine ROM, installed .NET CF 3.5 & SQL server 3.5 as suggested at post #1.

The TrackMe seems to run (it generates new lines "Storing ..." in main window), but the "Error: Database not open" repeats on every position step.

I know the problem can even lay outside the TrackMe app, that's why I need some step-by-step help:rolleyes::

1. I have absolutely no clue if the SQL server works or does not - what can I check? It has no icon in Programs, does it mean that the installation failed?

2. Is there anything I have to set up in the version 5.3.8.137? (I've already read the Quick guide & FAQ, but some older screenshots look different, so I can not try the related advices, for instance the "remote" tab was probably renamed etc.)

Thanks in advance
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deuzeff:
Hi,

the guide will be soon updated!

The remote tab can now be found by hitting the first icon in the main window (the wheel), then click on "Server". There you have the parameters where the positions are sent.

Ba default, it's Staryon website (luisespinosa.com). Did you set up a username and password already? If not, do so in this option menu.

Are you using your own website? Maybe you did not installed it corretly :confused: ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Stup52:
Error uploading pictures

Hi

Great application which is mostly working ok on my own server with my WM6 mobile, however I just cannot get pictures to upload. I'm using IIS/Windows XP. Is there any way to get a detailed error message so I can tell what's failing? I installed the .Net3.5 messages cab but I'm not sure what that is doing?

Since the kml file writes ok to the routes folder it's not a permissions problem as the pics folder has the same permissions. I think it may be a problem with Date formats since apparently Windows date formats are a combination of Windows Regional Settings (set to UK), logged on User and the Internet Guest Account (which may be permanently US it seems).

Probably some php debugging would help but as I haven't any experience in php, getting debug to work will be a bit of a learning curve!

Any ideas would be gratefully received! Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] myszak6:
Error: Database not open | Database file not found | reading Offline table

Thanks, I've found it &yes, I've filled username+password already, it has no effect :(. (To be exact - the "Database file not found" is the first error message, just under the five Welcome rows when the app starts) so I think it is related to the local data storage on my device, not to the upload. I can not find any customizable setting (e.g. file location or stg similar). In fact, I would even prefer the local saving (due to expensive data transfer fees when on foreign trip) & uploading the offline data later.

I think those can be the relevant settings (all checked):

on Config/Source "Log GPS positions to a file"

on Config/Live Tracking "Generate KML file"

on Config/Storage "Offline data Always"

When I try to tap the "Upload offline data" on Tools, the red "Error: reading Offline table" is generated.

TrackMe itself probably works, it shows "Reading current CellID" when inside the building; it repeats "Storing (offline)..." & the Error: Database not open (repeats every 30 sec, as I've set on Config/Storage).

Any tip welcome!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
yeah... that feature is only for existing users on the server that you are using.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I want to thank deuzeff for updating and expanding the documentation. He's doing a great job. Once he finishes it I will update my website with his changes. Thanks again!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I don't know too much about server administration but I think it's a permissions issue. kml files are different because they are generated on the server and then copied to a folder. However with images the data is imported from your PDA.

I use a third party web hosting and I didn't have to make any changes to make it work, but I remember that some users using their own servers had to make some changes with the server settings.

Hopefully some people will be able to help you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
myszak6,

Something went wrong with the TrackMe installation because it seems that you are missing files. Could you check if you have a file called local.sdf in the folder where TrackMe is installed?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] myszak6:
Yeap... There was no local.sdf file in the TrackMe folder. Then I've re-run the TrackMe.cab (1146332 bytes, downloaded yesterday) - there was a warning aka Previous version will be uninstalled ... - and - BINGO - there are Position added correctly messages instead of previous errors now!

Many thanks for interesting app & usefull help, staryon!

PostScriptum:

As my teacher of history said: There is no need to say ThankYou since money was invented;)

...regards to your paypal:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Great! I'm glad it works now. Thanks a lot for your contribution as well!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phunzoid:
i'm not sure when the problem started for me, but the Storage Setting for Offline Data , "Always but upload every '180' seconds" , does not seem to be working for me....the data is saved, and it appears the upload is occurring every 180 seconds, based on info on the main screen, but when i look in Goggle Earth, the new data is not there

but, if i use the setting "If unable to upload", the new data gets uploaded fine and is immediately available on GE :confused:

i have completely uninstalled & reinstalled TrackMe but the problem is still there

Edit: what i just noticed is that i do not see the "Generating KML file...." and "Remote KML file generated correctly" statements on the main screen when i upload data previously stored offline...so i assume no KML is being generated...why is that?....if i upload data as soon as it is generated, the KML file gets generated OK
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
By design, offline data is not considered 'realtime' information therefore the GPX/KML files won't be created (if Live Tracking is enabled) when this data is uploaded to the server.

Cheers