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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cruchot_:
Ok, so I didn't understand well ;) Is there a way to upload the locally generated database to the remote server ?

In fact, I'd like to work offline (ie without grps, edge or 3G) and when I'm back home I'd like to update the remote database with trips I made.

And thank you for your quick replies :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
There is not a really option to transfer data between databases.

However, you can work in remote mode (Storate=Remote) and use TrackMe without internet connection. When you start getting data from the GPS you will get an error saying that was unable to upload data, however that data is going to be stored 'temporarily' on your PDA. Later, when you have internet connection, select the option 'Upload offline positions' and that temporary data will be uploaded.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cryptyk:
Thank you both, Luis and jcleek! I have my own server running and showing my latest positions. I think I'm going to modify the server side, though, to add a time filter to the trip. I'd like to have one massive trip called "Life" and allow people to filter the points to see the last point, the last 5 minutes, the last hour, the last day or the last week, etc.

Great software!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cruchot_:
Ok, thanks for the idea. But now I have to find a way to avoid automatic data connection provided with Windows Mobile ... As soon as a software wants to connect to internet the dialing is initied ... (msn or trackeme for instance). Even if I manually disconnect, the dialing will be re-initied when needed ...

I'll have a look onto WM documentation . . .

Thx again :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teren:
First, let me say how FRIGGIN COOL THIS IS!!!

I just put the new Updated 11/21/07 on my Tilt, and on the phone everything seems to be working just fine. In Google Earth, A-OK. But... Before this update, I could pull up my Google API page and see my tracks. Now I only see the tiles of the whole earth. Google Earth shows the tracks just fine. maps.google.com says there is an error in my data... I had been using the Google API display for about a week with no problem.

Any suggestions would be warmly received!

CT
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hi teren,

I think it's because I'm making some changes to the KML files to support custom icons and google maps doesn't like it. I'll have a look at that as soon as I have the next version ready.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] teren:
Right on - I will patiently await your magic! I love this tool - I've been using it to track my flights when I get home, and my mom loves it - she can watch my flights in progress! Thanks for all your hard work!

CT
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cryptyk:
A quick feature request - It would be great if there was a command line option or config option to start minimized. I have TrackMe in my Startup folder so it's always on, but every time I soft-boot, I have to minimize it again.

Thanks for the great app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Tigggger:
An excellent suggestion, perhaps it would also be possible to add a tray icon. If you've ever used gpsgate it can show a red icon when not running, yellow when connected/waiting for fix, green for fixed. Something like that would be cool :)

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
After spending sometime on this, I noticed that Google Maps fails with any KML file that you try. So it seems to be a temporary problem with GM. I hope they fix it soon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] warmkiwi99:
Hi Staryon

Google Maps still reporting errors. Google Earth still OK

New feature suggestions:-

1. Ability to add a free text note that will be tagged on to the first tracked point of a trip so it can be viewed in Google Maps/Earth.

2. Ability to quickly email or SMS the trip link (http://luisespinosa.com/trackme/routes/<username>.kml to someone after uploading the kml file

Great app - appreciate the work you have done
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] karmacop:
Display tracks from multiple users?

Hey guys, congratz on this awsome bit of software, been using it for a couple of weeks now and its getting better and better everyday!

Id just like to know how feasable it would be to get the server side components to display tracks from multiple users on one map? Id quite like to use it to display tracks for races etc.

If this has been covered already i do appologise, but Ive not had time to read back. ;)

Regards

Josh
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bottkars:
Staryon, jcleek,

great stuff. Please go ahead working !!!

I am using/testing to track my training Information for running and biking.

Some suggestions:

Currently, do sperate my trainings i use two users, bike and run.

Maybe we can have something like "profiles" in TrackMe to support the following:

different Speed/distance detectors to upload new positions ( maybe profile "Car", "Walk", "Run"

Database Fileds to indicate the Profile

The Trackme_server application always points to luis Server to get the pushpin.png ... shouls leep this local by setting a webhost variable ....

Trackme always continues with the last track. Maybe two suggestions: a checkbox to alwas start with none and set it to auto,

or, take the last track an rename it with track_$date_$time where Date and Time Start/first Position time and not Options Save Time , to have always a new track created

wish: Userinterface to Database to:

Delete users

Delete Tracks

Create Users

....

and make it work with ARTEMIS GPS ( do not want to use my KAISER outdoor . . . )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
This seems to be a Google's problem.If you try to open any KML file it will give you an error.

The version that I'm working on allows you to force an update, and you can select a custom icon and a note.

Why don't you just provide that link to the user? That's not going to change during your trip.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I don't think it's difficult, if you have some PHP experience you just need to modify jcleek's browser viewer to show data from multiple users.

At this moment I don't have time to do that, but I may do it in the future if nobody offered in doing that.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi bottkars!

Why don't you use the option 'Don't upload consecutive points if distance is less than...'

It should give you the same functionality.

That changed a few versions ago. If you get the latest server files, the file is still there but the program is not really using it anymore. Now it's linked to some google's icon :rolleyes:

Yes, I thought about that too. I will probably add that soon.

I asked the 2 last users who were having the problem to test the GPSInit application, but they never answered. That would help me to find the problem.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] daesimps:
Staryon,

Did you get to the bottom of the intermittent wrong GPS co-ordinate problem?

I have been using you program up until Tuesday this week without problem. Since I updated the version (Tuesday/Wednesday) I keep getting weird locations intermittently, making the trips wrong. So far I have been manually removing the incorrect data from the DB, but I don't see this as a long term fix.

I have tried using TomTom on my Kaiser without problem. Not once has it returned an incorrect location. I did post an example of my incorrect data a while back. Did it help?

Thanks for all the hard work on this program. It is appreciated.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi daesimps,

Unfortunately I have never experienced that problem and I haven't got any feedback from other users either. TrackMe just shows whatever it gets from the COM port.

The only problem that I have seen is the one related with the altitude.

Once I release the next version I will give you a special one that writes the information from the GPS to a file. Once you get that problem again you can send that file to me, just in case I see something wrong.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] daesimps:
Thanks for that. I thought that I saw a post from JCleek saying he had the same problem. I could be wrong though, I'm not thinking straight at the minute as I'm ill.:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
AndyInFl,

I have been thinking about it and I will wait before adding this. As you know, when you export a kml file remotely the same file name is always used. The reason is for using realtime tracking with GE. I prefer to keep it consistent if you are generating the file locally as well.

I am not saying I'm not going to add that feature, it's just at this moment I prefer to wait until I add some main features and we have a better global vision of the program.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] AndyInFl:
You're the boss! Thanks for considering my ideas.

I think it's amazing the uses you are seeing for this program. I used it for the boat yesterday/today. Tomorrow the four wheeler, somebody else for walking/running/biking, someone else for racing and yet another for flights!

Over time this wll be a wondeful tool for so many people in ways we can only guess.

Thanks to all.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] warmkiwi99:
.....Google Maps working again
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
hey guys,

I need some help. I found the problem with the altitude. It's just I'm not reading it correctly!

It seems that in some cases I may get a negative altitude, but I don't really know how to interpret that.

Here is a example:

$GPGGA,012611.0,3906.667987,N,07732.371567,W,1,04,13.0,[b]-16.5,M[/b],,,,*3C

As far as I know, M means meters, and the value before that is the Antenna altitude above/below mean sea level. However, I don't know what to do if it is a negative value. I'm trying to find some information on the internet but no luck yet.

I'd appreciate any help about this. Thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] cryptyk:
-16.5 meters below sea level is a perfectly reasonable altitude. It doesn't mean you are under water. Death Valley is almost 90 meters below sea level.

Maybe I'm not understanding the question, though?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Unfortunately it's more complicated than that.

Here is some information:

You can usually tell whether a GPS receiver is reporting true altitude above mean sea level, or ellipsoidal altitude by examining the NMEA sentences. Example:

$GPGGA,192435.716,3340.9130,N,11740.0502,W,2,08,1.2,211.6,M,-34.1,M,1.3,0000*46

The field immediately following the "M", specifies the geoidal separation value. If a GPS receiver is reporting a value there, then that usually indicates that the the field just before the "M" is the altitude above mean sea level. So, in this case, we're fine. (ed #2 - except that contrary to NMEA rules, SiRF receievers do not deduct the geoidal separaration to calculcate the msl)

Here's another example:

$GPGGA,161618.123,3343.5789,N,11747.9085,W,1,04,3.5,137.5,M,,M,,0000*5F

In this case, the field following the first "M" is null, indicating that the GPS receiver did not report geoidal separation, most likely because it did not know what the value was. So, we can assume that this GPS receiver is reporting ellipsoidal altitudes. Technically, that's in violation of the NMEA protocol, but it's a pretty minor violation.

Where:
GGA Global Positioning System Fix Data
123519 Fix taken at 12:35:19 UTC
4807.038,N Latitude 48 deg 07.038' N
01131.000,E Longitude 11 deg 31.000' E
1 Fix quality: 0 = invalid
1 = GPS fix (SPS)
2 = DGPS fix
3 = PPS fix
4 = Real Time Kinematic
5 = Float RTK
6 = estimated (dead reckoning) (2.3 feature)
7 = Manual input mode
8 = Simulation mode
08 Number of satellites being tracked
0.9 Horizontal dilution of position
545.4,M Altitude, Meters, above mean sea level
46.9,M Height of geoid (mean sea level) above WGS84
ellipsoid
(empty field) time in seconds since last DGPS update
(empty field) DGPS station ID number
*47 the checksum data, always begins with *

If the height of geoid is missing then the altitude should be suspect. Some non-standard implementations report altitude with respect to the ellipsoid rather than geoid altitude. Some units do not report negative altitudes at all. This is the only sentence that reports altitude.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Artemis again, still freezing

Hi everyone, hi staryon.

As no one was willing to give an answer to your question, here's mine. I've tried using GPSInit, but the problem stays the same:

The device freezes after pressing the Start button in your program. When the screen turns off, you can't even turn it on again and have to use the stylus to restart.

Status says: Opening port...COM4. I can see the orange blinking LED that shows the GPS initialization as well, but the device responds no more.

My Artemis is running with Meschles latest ROM 3.01. I know that you can't test for yourself because you don't have an Artemis, but maybe you have some more ideas, what might cause the problem. I would really like to use your program, 'cause it looks just great!

Thanks in advance!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks for testing your Artemis with this other program. At least I know it's not a problem with TrackMe. Let me do some research and I will probably give you a custom program to test. I'll send you a PM with any information.

Regards.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bead16:
Suggestion: custom tilt, heading and range values

Firstly, I would like to say thanks to everyone that has contributed to this project, you have created an amazing and very useful tool. I'm going to have to make a donation!

I'm enjoying the realtime tracking in google earth but have a small suggestion... Would it be possible to set custom tilt, heading and range values for the kml from within TrackMe?

Apologies if this has been covered before, or if it is already possible and i have missed it. The thread is getting pretty long now and it's difficult to keep up!

Thanks again, and i really appreciate the hosting!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
I have to say I don't have a clue what you asked for. Can you explain in terms I can understand?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, in GE you can specify those parameters. Right now everything is hardcoded.

I haven't thought about that, but maybe I could add an option if you really need that.

By the way, are you using your own server? If you are, you can just edit the export.php file and set your own parameters.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] daesimps:
Hi,

I am now getting incorrect data with every single trip now. Yesterday I did 2 trips (125 mile each way). This was on open Motorways the entire journey, so no problems with "urban canyons".

I have attached the resulting maps - I don't think I need to tell you where the error is:)

Looking forward to the "debug" version from Staryon as until I sort this problem I'm gonna have to stop using the program - too many errors in the data.

EDIT: I've just realised. It only seems to corrupt the data if I "go offline" during the trip (e.g. poor signal). The trips where I have had to go back and upload offline positions are the ones that are corrupt. Don't know if this helps, or if it is a just a coincidence.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bead16:
Thank you for your responses.

These are parameters that are used by GE, they specify the angle you are looking down on the earth at (zenith angle, I think it's called), the rotational angle to north (azimuth angle?) and the zoom.

It's certainly not something i need, just a nice to have, i'm kinda surprised that no one else has mentioned it to be honest.

No, i'm not using my own server, i'm still appreciating your service. I don't have access to a server running mySQL or i probably would be giving it a bash.

Keep up the good work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Did you tell the program to close the GPS connection between fixes? If so, that is your problem as I noted last Wednesday. If you look at my trip to NC you can see that it shows me going through the shenandoah valley on my way to NC. No chance unless I wanted to turn a 5 hour drive into a 10 hour drive. Once I told it to not disconnect from the GPS between readings it was fine.

If you are using the disconnect from GPS between readings can you turn that feature off and try it again?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] daesimps:
Yes - I am using that feature to prevent battery drain - I am on a motorbike so have no facility to charge the battery in the phone. I will try without the setting enabled - although to be honest I have been using this setting since day one.

I'll let you know the outcome.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laakness:
Are you going to post the web code/database structure or define the format it is being sent as?

Edit* - I see the data in the formated URL string. I guess it'd be cool if you posted your code to see how it's handling it and generating the kml file.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot. I'll let you know. At this moment all text is hardcoded, so I will have to make some modifications.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, but since I'm still making changes to the program and to the database I prefer to wait until I have a more stable version. I hope it's ok for you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sane:
Yes!!! Is there a way to install this to my girlfriends phone with out her knowing?

NOOOO, just kidding!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I would lie If I tell you that I haven't thought about that ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sane:
Hahaha... I decided its safer to keep her still chained to the bed...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ishkatar:
Hi:

Is there a way you can make the call to the web page generic enough so that we could decide what page gets called? I'm asking because I would like to use ASP instead of PHP to capture the call.

Thanks!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
If the format of the URL is exactly the same (only changing the extension from .php to .asp) it should be easy. I can add a parameter in the configuration where you specify the extension of the pages being called.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] laakness:
Yep, that is perfectly fine.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ishkatar:
Great!!! :-) .. Thanks Stayron ... that would be perfect!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hellejoep:
G Earth problems

staryon,

I have one problem, I can see my plotted route in Google Earth, but I would like to be able to play this route in Google Earth; but that does not seem to work.

Further, If my internet connection goes down the waypoints are not uploaded afterwards in the same route, but as freestanding waypoints....

Any suggestions?

Anyway, I really love this application!

Cheers,

HJ
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vmarchais:
gprs / wifi

good job

as we need to have gprs data connexion

is not possible to utilize wifi connexion ?

anyway very good job

vincent from france
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Hi hellejoep,

Did you activate the option 'Generate KML files automatically'? You also need to go to Google Earth and check the option 'Fly to position on refresh' (something like that). I wrote a small help file that explains that inside TrackMe. Click on File->Help just in case it helps.

For the second problem, I will check it out. I think I tested it, but maybe I'm missing something.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
It doesn't matter. You can use any internet connection to upload your positions to the server.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SmartphoneHTC:
Wow it's a great program continue your work.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] powerppc:
Staryon, Great job on the software. I have tested other software such as Mologogo, Accutracking, Reperion, 3DTracking, Navizon, among others that I have tested and a lot of them are Bloatware. Meaning they are bloated with crap that is not needed except to do simple things such as sending the location to the server and the ability to have anyone view your location publicly and viewable via the PDA.

The only non-bloatware software out there that are so perfect, bug free, reliable, accurate, fast GPS connection with HOT GPS is Accutracking. The problem with accutracking is that it's not free. Reperion is great too, free as well, a little slower than accutracking and is not as fast as getting the GPS Signal. Reperion requires .NET Compact Framework and it's a resource hog. Then there is Mologogo. Mologogo is fine if you're going to use it with your friends, but most of the features in there does not work. Such as messaging, and the maps load very slow and it crash a lot. 3DTracking, I didn't even bother with this software, it crashes a lot more than Mologogo. Navizon is also bloatware with information you don't need.

So my point is, yours is as close as it could get with tracking software that is simple to the program, not loading a lot of un-important stuff and it works.

Maybe you can make two version. One that goes in the background all the time and doing simple task, while the other is more complex.

Other than that, I will keep on testing and let you know the result. Keep up the good work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
powerppc,

Thanks a lot for your suggestions. By you having tested so many programs it's great to get some ideas/suggestions from you for this one. You're completely right, my idea was to keep it as simple as possible. I'm going to try to add all the requests that people from this forum have asked me, but I'll do my best to keep it easy to use.

I think it's a good idea that user can select between 'Simple' and 'Advanced' mode. I could hide some options in the 'Simple' mode.

Please don't hesitate in posting new ideas or changes that you would like to see in TrackMe.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tariq_niazi:
I was wondering if this program is "only" made for HTC Kaiser? If it is not, then would it be good to move it to the Hacking and Development section of this forum so others will know about this great application to use on other GPS enabled phones?

Moderators, just my idea.

- TKN
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
New version available.

11/01/07

- Added option to disconnect/connect GPS between uploads. (Power saving)

- Configuration loading/saving has been remade (sorry guys, but you will have to reenter all your settings. I promise this is the last time!)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
tariq_niazi,

It should work with any PDA (I haven't tested though) As long as you connect to the PDA using a COM port, it should work fine.

Thanks for your comments!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] salemh:
erro when starting TrackME

Hi,

I have installed TrackMe on my KJam today and try to start it but I goit this erro can't find PInvoke-DLL sqlceme30.dll

I suspect that Ineed some extra files (might used for development)

some googling led to the tip to install the mobile kit ... 27 MB and I thik i need few files :

sqlce30.dev.ENU.phone.wce5.armv4i.CAB

sqlce30.phone.wce5.armv4i.CAB

sqlce30.repl.phone.wce5.armv4i.CAB

Is this the solution? and if yes can somebody post them please for me ..

to luisespinosa:

why not including this in the install package?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] salemh:
Just installed these files on my mobile device (under windows dir) but still get the same error!!!

Any idea????
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
They are included in the package. I don't know why they are not installed on yours.

Here is the dll needed for accessing SQL Server Mobile (copy the file inside the TrackMe folder):

http://luisespinosa.com/temp/System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I just came back from a 2 hour trip, using the options 'Disconnect/connect' GPS and storing offline positions. I also disconnected my internet connection so all the uploads would fail.

When I got home I uploaded the offline positions and everything looked fine.

Daesimps, the only think I can think of is the problem is related with your Regional Settings. Which ones do you have? English (United Kingdom)?

Any other changes that you have made to these settings?

By the way, is there anybody else having daesimps' problem?