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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Local mode is not the same than offline mode.

In TrackMe we used to have 2 modes, Local Mode and Remote Mode.

When you are using it in Remote Mode and you don't have internet access you can use the program in offline mode. In that case, the positions are stored locally and can be uploaded later once you have internet access.

In Local mode all the positions are always stored locally, and you don't need internet access to use TrackMe. You cannot transfer positions from Local Mode to Remote Mode.

Local Mode is no longer supported and it has been removed in the version that I uploaded yesterday.

If you were using the program in local mode and you upgraded to my last version all those positions are gone.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] drnibbles:
I have been using your track me software for about two weeks while house hunting in Brisbane Australia. Its so good that my parents in law have started using it. I have also used it for 3 hikes i have done and i love it. Now i have even installed my own server and it worked on the first go. So i can now upload my trips to my own domain and have the family track me (when i want) and what we do.

This is great and keep the updates coming. I'm now off to donate some money for you.

Just done the donating :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zoolooc:
That's a pity, can you please tell why local mode has been dropped? This feature was so useful, and I'm sure, not only for me. Even if I got a Kaiser, I got it sponsored by a 2-year contract with no data-plan, just voice (I'm not interested in mobile internet for now, I just wanted a GPS-enabled PDA-phone). Now I have to stick with the last version supporting local mode...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot for your comments! ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Please check my post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=2351157&postcount=2528

You still can use TrackMe if you don't have an Internet Connection.

Just go to Configuration->Remote->Offline Data and check 'Always'

By doing that all your data will always be stored on your PDA.

Later once you use ActiveSync, just upload your offline data.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] drnibbles:
at this very moment i have my wife drive the car to a friend with the software running. I can now stay at home and see what she is up to :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Zoolooc:
Thx for your clarifications.

Ok, I read that now...

This still requires me now to configure an account at your site (or another server where PHP and MySQL works and I need to have access to), I then must upload the offline data, and in order to get a *.kml file, this is first uploaded to the server and then downloaded locally. Since the code of generating the *.kml is still there, can't at least the export functionality work without the need of an external server, or does this conversion to *.kml happen on the server?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] softmoddedbox:
static map and hiding positions nearby home for example

I have 2 questions:

question one:

Is it possible to use this app for showing my coordinates on my static google map on http://www.360xboxmod.nl in a way that only the current position is moving on the map and not the map itself?

question two: is it possible to prevent showing my position in a certain area without closing the app?

Thanks and if this is possible you will receive a nice donation!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
No, the KML is generated on the server and then downloaded to your client. The client doesn't generate that file.

By the way, if you still want to use local mode, I still have the download link for that old version of TrackMe. The problem

is that version won't be updated anymore. However, it's pretty stable so you shouldn't have any problems in using it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anoyceperson:
Hi guys,

Firstly this application is great for keeping a track of where I have been when I have been out on the bike. Keep up the good work, I will be making a donation in a few mins as its worth every penny.

I have a question, is there any way of deleting a particular point off a route? Due to me being a plank I have managed to add an extra point on the end of one of my trips and I would like to get rid of it!

Andy
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
That I'm afraid you would have to code it yourself. The current web viewer doesn't do something like that.

No, that's not possible either.

I'm afraid I didn't deserve that donation, did I? ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
Is there a way to add or change icons used when forcing an update. There are a few icons I'd like to add but I'm guessing they are on Google's server and nothing I can do. Is this true or can I modify them?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot!!

Regarding your question.... hmmm... you would have to find out what's the exact time stamp for that position. Once you know that, you can delete it by going to Delete and selecting the appropriate Date Range.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sure you can. If you have your own server (I think you have) just go to the Icons table and add or modify the existing icons. You just need a name and a URL for each one.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anoyceperson:
Corking. Well thats easy enough to do because I can see it on the viewing screen you have got on the internet :). That also works really well by the way! One very slight thing that you could change is that instead of it defaulting to the fully zoomed out world view when you change which trip you are looking at it could automatically go to the view you get when you hit show. (only a very minor thing but would save me time :) )

Right I will give deleting this point a go and let you know how it goes.

EDIT: The delete worked like a charm. Thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
The web viewer has an option to do what you say. However, I have it disabled on my server.

The reason is because you may have some trips with many positions and sometimes you are not really interested in seeing all the positions on the map once you select a trip. If the trip has many positions the process is very slow.

Anyway, if you end up using your own server, you can enable that feature at anytime.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anoyceperson:
Ah right that makes sense. Its not exactly a problem anyway!

One last question.. When I chose to download the summary of a trip onto my phone from the Manage trips screen the details will stay there until I close the window.

Then if I close the application and reopen it the next time I try to view the details it has gone again (along with the list of trips that were there previously, I have to click on "get existing" to get them to appear.) Is this a feature or something gone a bit odd on my phone?

If its a feature would it be possible for the application to cache these details and then you could just download/update them when and if anything changed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry, but TrackMe doesn't cache that information when you close the application.

However, it should stay if you close the Manage Trips window. I just tested it and it worked ok.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] webvan:
Thanks for the new updates.

This is more of a server question really but would it be possible to add support for tracking devices like the Globalsat TR-102 ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anoyceperson:
You are right, just tested it myself, it stays while the app is open then as soon as you close and reopen you need to download it again.

Is the caching of that something you have purposefully chosen not to add for some reason? If not is there any chance of it being added as an update at some point?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Sorry but I don't plan to add that. I would have to do it for every single window and it's too much work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] anoyceperson:
Fair enough. I guessed there was probably a reason why you hadnt got that option on there already.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
Is this in the MySQL database? I've never been in there before...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] softmoddedbox:
Still like your work! I'll make a donation.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Thanks a lot. Sorry I cannot help you with your requests.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phunzoid:
i have not been able to get the Trip Summary feature to work since it's been added...my existing trips are listed, but when i try to get the trip info i get the message "Summary not Loaded" :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Did you select the item and click the option 'Download summary'?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] phunzoid:
doh!!!!....i was only tapping the item once....i forgot a selection box popped up when holding down the tap...it works now :D

i was really looking forward to using your app. to track my trip down to the caribbean tomorrow, but apparently my phone's GPS (HTC Mogul (PPC-6800) on Sprint) will not work outside the US....or more specifically it will not work without first contacting a compatible cell tower :mad:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lrossouw:
KML in google earth not working?

Hi

Linking to my kml file in google earth and it only had two points? On the website it has all my points.

Any ideas?

See here: http://luisespinosa.com/trackme/routes/lrossouw.kml

Thanks

Louis
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Maybe you didn't export your data correctly. Try to export it again selecting the right trip and a time range.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lrossouw:
I am running in live tracking mode with with Generate KML file selected?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fana75:
question

Hi

Sorry but i am new and i know nothing about gps soft.

- Is it possible to generate

localy (into my HTC Touch phone)

the .kml file of my trip?

In fact i just want to see my bike trip into google earth soft.

I don't want to send the file trough the web but just upload the .kml form my phone to my PC and open it into google earth.

- Is it possible?

- Where can i found the kml file in my phone?

- There will be just one file?

- In some descrition i can see that i will have one file per position: my trip is around 11kms: it wants to say that i will have a lot of file?

- In my case, do i need to check the option real time tracking?

Sorry if the questions are easy for you but i started reading 50 pages fo this post but it is too lon g.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
oh I see... if you export it manually, does it work ok?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Local mode is no longer supported.

Your positions are stored on the server. The KML file will be generated on the server and then downloaded to your PDA.

Just use TrackMe in offline mode and once you get home, upload your offline data and generate the KML file.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fana75:
houps

Ok

Sorry why local mode is not longer supported?

In the export menu we have a choice : Destination File(s) remote or Local

=> "local" doesn't want to say that the kml file will be generated automatically without an upload trough the web?

If i am not connected to the web during my bike trip how the positions can be stored on the server?

In offline mode:

- do i need to check the option "Generate KML File" into the Live tracking menu, because i am not connected to the web during the trip?

- there is no way to generate the kml file without uploding the data on the server? Only the server know out to generate the kml file with the data stored temporarly on the phone?

- For a my complete trip (11km) will i have just one file to upload or many?

What is bearing in map? (sorry i am french!)

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
AWESOME. Thanks a lot man.

I just added it to the first post. I'll try to test it later today or tomorrow.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MPIIIMan:
The problem is with the spaces being encoded into %20's

See my comment below regarding using "urldecode" function to fix this problem.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MPIIIMan:
jcleek nice script.

But again just like the original PHP files you need to declare POST and GET variables!!!

Your scripts do not work if "register_globals" is turned off. That is the security standard in PHP.

Change this line

if (isset($action) && $action == "install")

To:

if (isset($_POST["action"]) && $_POST["action"] == "install")

After:

mkdir("routes", 0777);

Add:

$dbname = $_POST["dbname"];
$dbuser = $_POST["dbuser"];
$dbpassword = $_POST["dbpassword"];
$dbserver = $_POST["dbserver"];
$folder = $_POST["folder"];
$apikey = $_POST["apikey"];
$username = $_POST["username"];
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] odie3:
My site does not allow the file to be writeable:

[2007-11-13 20:27:42]: error: file is writable by others: (/home/xxxxx/public_html/xxxx/xxxx/index.php)

[2007-11-13 20:26:49]: error: file is writable by others: (/home/xxxxx/public_html/xxxx/xxxx/install.php)

Also, I see in the install you are also making "routes" so that means I have to have my directory set to "777" but that is not allowed either at my hosting site (to run *php code in a 777 folder). 777 is very dangerous....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] odie3:
Well, after putting in the declares in and running the DB Scripts manually I have got closer. However, I am getting this error logged:

[13-Nov-2007 21:10:15] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ')' in /home/xxxx/public_html/xxxx/xxxx/requests.php on line 157
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
uhmm... there has to be a better solution than that. Otherwise every time that I want to pass a unicode character you will have to convert it to the right character.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MPIIIMan:
No just for the dates.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] odie3:
Okay, I can not get jcleek stuff working... I give up. :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I don't agree. I don't think you should write your code based on the data that you are receiving. It should be flexible enough to support any parameters.

For example, in the future I plan to add comments for trips and other stuff. It's possible that somebody writes the following comment in Spanish:

http://luisespinosa.com/trackme/test.php?comments=<aquí están los comentarios>

which will be translated automatically to:

http://luisespinosa.com/trackme/test.php?comments=%3Caqu%ED%20est%E1n%20los%20comentarios%3E
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MPIIIMan:
Use the function urldecode on the variables

$action = $_GET["action"];
$username = urldecode($_GET["username"]);
$password = urldecode($_GET["password"]);
$lat = $_GET["lat"];
$long = $_GET["long"];
$dateadded = urldecode($_GET["dateadded"]);
$dateoccurred = urldecode($_GET["dateoccurred"]);
$datefrom = urldecode($_GET["datefrom"]);
$dateto = urldecode($_GET["dateto"]);
$tripname = urldecode($_GET["tripname"]);
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
good. That looks much better, so you don't have to use that str_replace function.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MPIIIMan:
Correct :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
****Important for people that are using their own servers!!****

I found an error that causes that first time that you make a query to your server is still using mine instead of the one that you have specified in the config.

I will upload a new version tomorrow.

Sorry about that.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] powerppc:
jcleek, the code you provided to work with Google Maps is great. I got my own api keys from google, paste your code onto my own server, enter in my own kml file, and voila. It worked.

How do you change it so it goes to Hybrid rather than Map? Or Satellite?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] powerppc:
Luis, this has been a great improvements. I could use this program for multi-purpose now. To see where I've been in google earth by downloading the kml after my trip, or have it to track me live. On my BlackBerry 8800, I had to use two different programs to do what your software do. So it's nice. However, I'm still looking for the same results as what I can get from Reperion, Accutracking or even Mologogo and that is, to have the speed I was driving, battery of my phone, satellite and signal strength. This is all through Googlemaps of course. Just a thought.

Great job btw, this has been a great community working together to make this even better.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
Click the SATELLITE or HYBRID buttons in the upper right hand corner of the map. Was that a trick question?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jcleek:
The changes you suggested have been made and the new version of the zip is below. Thanks for the help!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] grizzley:
Maybe I am blind, but how can link to different maps using this? If I have map1

map2

map3

how can I link to ONLY map1?

Would that be the path setting and have to upload 3 seperate PHP files?

What am I missing here?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] VOODOOS!L:
I guess he want's to change the default view setting. so it goes to hybrid without having to click the buttons...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, I plan to add all those features. Thanks for your feedback!

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Please check my previous posts from last week.

That means that it will be generated on the server and then downloaded to your PDA.

They will stored on your PDA temporarily. Later you can upload them to the server once you have internet connection.

It doesn't make sense to do that because your positions are not being uploaded to the server.

As I said KML files are only generated on the server. If you have offline data it needs to be uploaded first.

It's not really a file. Offline positions are stored in a local database. Positions are uploaded one by one after that.

Arrows that indicate the direction of each position.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fana75:
thanks and summary

Thank you very much for your explanations.

I will try to summarize our discussion and what i understanded: can you correct me if i am wrong!:p

What i want:

I want to generate a kml file of my trip to visualise it into google earth.

I don't have internet connection during the trip but after at home.

With track_me we can no longer generate the kml file locally without uploading a database to a server on the web that can create the kml file.

During the trip, i need to:

- use Track_me in Offline mode: a temporarly database will be created during the trip in the phone

- uncheck the option "Generate KML File" into the Live tracking menu of the config menu.

At the end of the trip and when i will have a web connection:

- I need to upload the temporarly database with the button "Upload Offline Data" of the "tools" menu

- After that, i can create the kml file with the "Export GPS" button of the "tools" menu with the option "Local" (to create the kml file on the server and after downloading it into the phone): where in the phone the klm menu will be created?

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
Yes, all that is correct.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fana75:
yop

Thanks :d:);)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lrossouw:
it generates an error when i do it manually. i am not using the trip functionality. might this be the reason?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I just logged in from my PDA using your username and I was able to generate the KML file with no problems. Maybe it's a internet connection issue on your side. It worked fine from here.

If you want to see the KML that I just generated you can open Google Earth and enter the path to the KML file and you should be able to see the route.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smellynose:
Hi,

I have an O2 Orbit with Windows Mobile 6.

When I click the "Start" arrow, it freezes my phone and I have to soft reset.

The status is set to: "Opening port...COM4:", which I believe is what CoPilot uses.

Has this happened to anybody else?

Edit: I just found a post about portsplitter - I will try this and edit the post accordingly.

Edit2: It is now working, and it is ace! Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kilrah:
Can you successfully connect to your GPS on COM4 with another GPS program?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
Minimise markers?

Hi :)

Apologies if this has been asked & answered already.

Is there a way that I can minimise the amount of markers displayed on a recorded route? I update my route using the shortest possible time (5 seconds?) for better accuracy and as such, I end up with dozens of grey point markers. What I ideally would like, is to just have a Start & Finish marker and instead of all the grey markers, just have a line drawn along my route - or maybe have a grey marker every 10 GPS stamps? I know I can filter for just the last 20 points but I would like to view my entire route with no grey points ideally.

I'm guessing, but when a route is created does it work like this:

GPS stamp taken;

5 seconds passes;

GPS stamp taken;

5 seconds passes..

And so on and then the route is created by "drawing" a straight line between each stamp? Sometimes I find that my route takes me over a rooftop and I guess it's because of the description above? Nokia's Sportstracker does exactly the same thing so I know it's not specific.

Thanks for any help :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
If you are using your own server and have some experience with PHP it shouldn't be difficult to do that. You need to modify the file export.php which is where the KML file is generated. I think the code is not difficult to understand but if you plan to modify it and have any questions I'll be happy in helping you.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
Hi,

thanks for the reply. I have a little experience in PHP and have taken a look through the export.php file. I studied it for ages trying to figure it out and in the end started looking through the other files. I thought the answer could lie in the index.php where the filter for selecting the last 20 records is. I tried editing that but got nowhere. So I ended up back at the export.php file and still couldn't figure it out. The only thing I could think of in the end was to change the gray marker png file for an empty, blank png file. This gave me just the line of my track but of course meant I couldn't click on any parts of the track to see the info like current speed etc.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
I thought you were talking about Google Earth.

The file index.php is for the Web viewer so you don't need it.

The KML file is generated in the export.php so you only need to modify that one.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
Hi,

sorry no, I was talking about the online web viewer, not GE...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] _LEM_:
oh... in that case I'm afraid I won't be able to help you too much. I didn't write that part.

mcross and jcleek did that but I haven't heard from them in a long time even after trying to contact them through this forum. I'm not sure

if they are still following this thread.

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
That's cool, no worries. I'm fairly happy with the way I've got it working now without the markers...The only thing that's causing me problems now is when I click on (for example) my starting point, the white balloon isn't big enough!

From my server:

And from yours:

No idea why it's doing this - it even happens if I install a fresh copy. Ah well, I'll figure it out eventually.

Just like to say thanks again for TrackMe - it is a brilliant piece of software :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Phree:
Hmmm...If I set my measurement to be Imperial instead of metric, it works. I'll check out the code and post up here my findings...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] fana75:
houpsss

Hi

In my case with Luis espinso server i don't have the Dist Traveled: why?

Do you have an idea?

Regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] turtle2472:
I think it's a server speed issue. After you click on a point and it loads slow and messed up like the first one, close the bubble and then click the point again to see if it's normal. I have the same thing when looking at photo points on my server. (Cheep shared hosting)