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Originally Posted by Wikiwide View Post
What ideas were not implemented in Location/Navigation already? I have thought briefly of using GPS to update system time, but it turns out that "GPS Recorder" is one of several programs that already do that. Take a look at ModRana, Columbus, Marble, Navit, and others - what else is here to be done?
Right - we're pretty well covered for location and navigation type applications, it might require some thinking out of the box.

For example, last week at class one of the kids wanted to see where their dog was when they were at school (don't ask me why). We made a simple Qt app that uploaded the GPS co-ordinates every X minutes, that she could see marked on a google map. The handset sits in a phone holder case that attached to the dogs coat via velcro

(not the actual hair lol, one of these)


Right away the dog rolled onto its back haha! so I quickly rescued my N950! It's not an all day thing but works well when the dog is out for walk, for example. Next step would be to use the camera to relay back what it sees on it's journeys

It's a silly example, but something a little more 'out of the box' as a Location app There u go - mPetTracker - someone go enter it
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