What do I need to have to be ready to write a Compact Framework application communicating with GPS?

Question

Simply I am asked to write an application for a smart device (smart cell phone), which will get the GPS coordinates from the device itself.

I have no smart device at all. And I am kind of lost among questions like how can I check if the device have a gps by using the code, if it has how can I obtain them in a "standard" way, do I need to be using frameworks like GeoFrameWork?

So, may somebody list the must or most required things I need to have ready?

Answer 1

Geoframeworks GPS.NET is free these days and it's pretty comprehensive so there's no point reinventing the wheel. It's also friendly to beginners which helps. I strongly recommend downloading it and playing with some of the sample apps. It's a bit tricky if you don't have a physical device to play around with but it does have GPS emulation classes that you can use.

All you need is a copy of VS2008 Pro with the Smart Device SDK installed.