Bike tracking
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From: Vass on 23 Mar 2010 15:10 "Mike Buckley" <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3I8ZlXKWiIqLFwBw(a)hotmail.com... > In message <Ro-dnZJ49Ij9HjXWnZ2dnUVZ8iCdnZ2d(a)eclipse.net.uk>, Vass > <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk> writes >> >> >>"rda" <rda(a)nospam.net> wrote in message >>news:80pt9iF308U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>> For various reasons I want to install a tracking device to the bike I'm >>> taking to Bulgaria. >>> I'm looking for real time tracking that the SO can view as a map with >>> the bikes position pinpointed, preferably with the option to record the >>> journey as well. >>> Does anyone have any experience of such a unit that would be ok to use >>> on a bike ? >>> >> >>if you have a blackberry >>Instamapper is free >>http://www.instamapper.com/fe?page=demo > > I must be thick, I've never got it to work properly. >> >>worked brilliantly for me in Wales >>http://www.flickr.com/photos/canon-eos/3961518389/ > That's exactly the output I'd like. each 'dot' has date, time and speed :-) enjoy -- Vass
From: rda on 23 Mar 2010 15:53 > A fellow I know has used a Spot Tracker on bike trips (in the USA) and > shared his route on the web- it does what it says on the tin. > > http://www.findmespot.eu/en/ > > Their map says coverage is good in Europe. > > http://www.findmespot.eu/en/index.php?cid=109 Hi Mark, this looks like the perfect thing. I can buy a spot 1 unit for around �90 and there are RAM mounts available for it. Cheers -- rda
From: cat on 23 Mar 2010 18:10 Vass wrote: > > > "Mike Buckley" <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:3I8ZlXKWiIqLFwBw(a)hotmail.com... >> In message <Ro-dnZJ49Ij9HjXWnZ2dnUVZ8iCdnZ2d(a)eclipse.net.uk>, Vass >> <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk> writes >>> >>> >>> "rda" <rda(a)nospam.net> wrote in message >>> news:80pt9iF308U1(a)mid.individual.net... >>>> For various reasons I want to install a tracking device to the bike >>>> I'm taking to Bulgaria. >>>> I'm looking for real time tracking that the SO can view as a map >>>> with the bikes position pinpointed, preferably with the option to >>>> record the journey as well. >>>> Does anyone have any experience of such a unit that would be ok to >>>> use on a bike ? >>>> >>> >>> if you have a blackberry >>> Instamapper is free >>> http://www.instamapper.com/fe?page=demo >> >> I must be thick, I've never got it to work properly. >>> >>> worked brilliantly for me in Wales >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/canon-eos/3961518389/ >> That's exactly the output I'd like. > > > each 'dot' has date, time and speed :-) enjoy I'd really love a bit of software that did this but threw the data at MY server, not theirs. Sadly I can't find anything that does that, and I suck too much to manage to get bloody symbian signed to let me access the location API on my phone.
From: Lozzo on 23 Mar 2010 18:35
cat wrote: > I'd really love a bit of software that did this but threw the data at > MY server, not theirs. Sadly I can't find anything that does that, > and I suck too much to manage to get bloody symbian signed to let me > access the location API on my phone. Someone you and I both know might be able to help with that, after all, they had a hand in writing the Symbian software for the Nokia phones we're using today. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere) |