gps

How do you determine with CLLocationManager when a user denies access to location services?

With CLLocationManager I can use the following code to determine if I can access location services on the device. This is the master setting for all apps and can be turned on and off. if (self.locationManager.locationServicesEnabled) { [self.locationManager startUpdatingLocation]; } But a user can deny access to an individual app ...

MySQL GIS Lat/Lon to X/Y: which is which?

Is there a convention for whether GIS points in MySQL should be stored as POINT($latitude $longitude) or POINT($longitude $latitude)? Having longitude correspond to X on a cartesian map would visually make more sense with north pointing up, but common parlance is to say "latitude and longitude." ...

how to get latitude and longitude for particular landmark?

how to get latitude and longitude for particular landmark/business, i would like to get lat/long for specific address how to i do that? shall i use gps device to get the lat/long? ...

How to get the current location of iPhone through code?

How do you get the current location of iPhone through code? I need to track the location using GPS. ...

Is there an API or SDK for TomTom satellite navigation devices that would let me access them from Windows?

I was given a TomTom satellite navigation device (XL 30) for Christmas and I've been wondering recently if it is possible to use it as a location sensor for my own programs on my (Windows 7) laptop. Does anyone know if there is a published API which would allow me to do this? More specifically, how can I query it for my current location...

GpsSatellite.getSnr() - What is the value range?

I'm building a Sat-View that draws a small bar-chart for available satellites and their signal strength (or better: their signal-to-noise-ratio / SNR). The javadoc doesn't say what value-range to expect for the SNR. The NMEA-Standard says 0-99, but even in best conditions my G1 doesn't reach that value. I also read that different manufa...

configuring gps module ssf1513

hi i am developing code for gps tracker using gps module ssf1513. i don't know how to configure the gps module to power save mode , please guide me how to enter in input mode. ...

Objective C / iPhone comparing 2 CLLocations /GPS coordinates help

Ok , so thanks to Claus Broch I made some progress with comparing two GPS locations. I need to be able to say "IF currentlocation IS EQUAL TO (any GPS position from a list ) THEN do something My code at the moment is : CLLocationCoordinate2D bonusOne; bonusOne.latitude = 37.331689; bonusOne.longitude = -122.030731; Which is th...

bluetooth GPS device in J2ME emulator / Wireless Toolkit

I'm developing a j2me application for my mobile phone (a Nokia). I'm using WTK (Wireless Toolkit) to test my code. Because I'm using a GPS device via a Bluetooth connection, I would like to be able to extend the emulator with bluetooth possibilities. Has anyone experience with BT & WTK? according to this article there is no way to do i...

iphone google maps crosshair button

I would like to use or emulate a button like the gps button in the bottom left corner of the standard maps application on the iphone OS. The button behaves like a toggle button where gps is enabled or disabled depending on whether it is pushed and it may hold a small spinner component while the gps is finding your position. Does anyone ...

iPhone and Android GPS coordinates in PHP

Hello everyone, I'm am curently doing an application with Google Maps, where I am checking the position of the user with the javascript API, but I would like to know if there is a way to check the GPS variables in a PHP file ? Some kind of GET parameter, but it seems nothing like that exists. ...

Guidelines for LBS Mobile application development

i need some help!, i am planning to develop such LBS Mobile Application which find nearest things based on gps data from mobile. 1.what are the best free and (preferably) open source technologies for development?. 2.What programming language to use for development of such application?. 3.what are the points to be considered? I need t...

How to know that satellite is already found or searching on android?

I just want to show text "please wait" while app is searching for satellite and show "ready" when we found and connected to satellite. How can I do it? ...

how to create an iphone Application that uses its GPS system

Hi I am fairly new to iphone development. Right now, I am working on an iphone game that is being developed in cocos2d. But I want to create an iphone application that uses its GPS system. I searched a lot on net but didn't find much. I want to know about: What framework tou use like cocoa touch or cocos2d,etc? Any linksk that could ...

Accessing WinMo6 GPS through Pocket IE

Hello, Does anyone know if it is possible to access the GPS on a Windows Mobile device through Pocked Internet Explorer, similar to how you do it on a blackberry and iphone (javascript)? If so, how do you do it? Thanks ...

PHP extract GPS EXIF data

I would like to extract the GPS EXIF tag from pictures using php. I'm using the exif_read_data() that returns a array of all tags + data : GPS.GPSLatitudeRef: N GPS.GPSLatitude:Array ( [0] => 46/1 [1] => 5403/100 [2] => 0/1 ) GPS.GPSLongitudeRef: E GPS.GPSLongitude:Array ( [0] => 7/1 [1] => 880/100 [2] => 0/1 ) GPS.GPSAltitudeRef: GP...

What is the best server side solution for a real-time GPS tracking system

Well, I tried to ask this question as a comment on this question, but I thought that maybe no one will notice it, so I decided to ask it as a separate one. The question is about how to do real-time GPS tracking system things; if we have the following scenario: Rather than connecting a GPS receiver to a PC, the user will have a mobile...

Android mock location on device?

How can I mock my location on a physical device (Nexus One)? I know you can do this with the emulator in the Emulator Control panel, but this doesn't work for a physical device. ...

iPhone SDK: Get GPS coordinates from Google Maps

In an iPhone application I'm developing I need to get GPS coordinates to perform some actions based on the values received. Users should have two possibilities of giving the location: automatically from iPhone build-in GPS by finding a specific point on a map (Google Maps) I know how to user CLLocationManager to get current position...

GPS format in PHP

Hello, how made in PHP from format 52.593800, 21.448850 format +52° 35' 37.68", +21° 26' 55.86" like do it google http://maps.google.pl/maps?hl=pl&t=m&q=52.593800,21.448850 ? ...