My project concept has finally been scoped appropriately. I think scoping is the hardest part of this whole endeavor!
Here is the basic concept:
The semantic mediawiki GPS extension enables a user to connect a Garmin GPS device via USB and easily upload GPS tracks as well as associate these tracks to individual log entries via a unique trail identifier. It will later also provide additional GPS track services.
Functional capabilities are:
- Upload Garmin GPS tracks via USB using the Garmin Communicator Plugin
- Store GPS tracks to a database
- Semantically tag track with handler, K9, and trail identifiers
- Enable user to manipulate and tag multiple tracks in a single session
- Provide for map preview of tracks
- Enable the user to easily associate one or more GPS tracks with individual log entries
- Automatically generate a trail (tracklayer or subject) log
It would be nice to say that I’d have this as a turnkey installable mediawiki extension by the end of the semester, but I really doubt it. Time is short!
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Any luck with this project? I am trying to do the same thing you are but am coming up a little short. Using Google Earth Plus, I am able to hook the Astro up and track realtime (http://earth.google.com/userguide/v4/ug_gps.html#realtime) but it is a) only tracking the hand unit and b) shows position but not a track. If you import the data, the dog shows up, but not in realtime. If this is a project you are still working on, I would be happy to collaborate with you to get it going. And if you have it going, I would love to hear what you did to do so.
Paul
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