Comments for GeoSMS

Comment on The GeoSMS name by mattjs

mattjs — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 10:40:18 +0000

Why not rename it to “GeoTXT” then since your standard effectively resides at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoSMS all that is needed is a change of the article!
Otherwise it will get taken over anyway buy the OGC’s “GeoSMS” when it gets finalized!
(BTW: I agree with you and I also am not impressed with their standardization attempts so “GeoTXT” adequately describes the “textability” of your simpler alternative.)
BTW: I had to change the “u=16″ at Wikipedia to “u=10″ as it instantly makes one think of some kind of 8 versus 16 Unicode descriptor instead!

Comment on A history of SMS geotagging by geosms

geosms — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 03:38:01 +0000

I don’t know what technology is available, but if I was hacking something together I’d do the following …
1) Come up with a really simple coordinate format that I could type into a satphone. e.g. “145.02 -31.53 “.
2) Write an Android smartphone application that listens for those messages and updates the website accordingly. The Android phone would stay at home, powered up, with a wifi connection.

Because writing Android apps is fairly labour-intensive, I’d probably just write a simple redirection app that pushes the SMS to the website via HTTP GET and let a server-side script handle all parsing and updating. Come to think of it, there are probably commercial SMS-to-URL services out there who will do the redirection for you.

Comment on A history of SMS geotagging by Sailor Rob

Sailor Rob — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:25:00 +0000

I have been trying to find a solution for tagging my current location for readers of my sailing blog. I want to be able to send my position via text message and have it automatically update my position on a google map (or something similar). There are plenty of apps to do this, however I need to be able to just send a simple text without using a special app, as I have to use a sat phone to send it from the middle of the ocean. Could you possibly point me in the right direction? You seem to be an authority on the tech.

Comment on The GeoSMS standard by GeoSMS: SMS for stalkers

GeoSMS: SMS for stalkers — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 02:38:40 +0000

[...] making the open source code available online, researchers hoped that handset manufacturers and developers would build it into future devices and [...]

Comment on Wikipedia by geosms

geosms — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:03:50 +0000

I’m not really familiar with the satellite phone market, so I can’t help. But you’d be looking for a phone which allows applications to be installed. Ideally Android-based, but if it has an OS of any kind you should be able to write an app for it.

Comment on Wikipedia by Capt. sQuidd

Capt. sQuidd — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:51:58 +0000

I have started using GeoTagging to allow sailors to send their position updates to Facebook from a Satellite Phone using an SMS message when at sea. See http://squidd.io. Unfortunately, the process of typing in coordinates on a satellite phone like Iridium or Globalstar is still a bit cumbersome. Does any one know of any satellite phone (or plans to develop one) that enables the pasting of geo coordinates into an SMS message with a keystroke or simple command? Most recent models include a GPS so it should be a fairly simple feature to implement

Comment on Updated Android app by geosms

geosms — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:51:30 +0000

Yep, the Android app I’m responsible for is the RMIT University one. The one with the envelope and red pushpin logo.

Comment on Updated Android app by Jan

Jan — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:46:30 +0000

At last count, there were 7 apps named “I am here” in Android Market. I’m guessing yours is the RMIT one – but it would be GREAT if you could clarify.

I’m also hazarding a guess that you’re the person behind the geosms wikipedia article. Same thing there – insufficient information to distinguish this particular app from the other “I am here” apps.

Oh, almost forgot – I really like your blogs

Comment on The GeoSMS standard by Geomarketing y Geolocalización para el Social Media Marketing

Geomarketing y Geolocalización para el Social Media Marketing — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:06:33 +0000

[...] OGC, como organismo de estandarización, tiene en marcha un programa colaborativo de interoperabilidad que contribuye al desarrollo de la infraestructura de normas de consenso necesaria para ofrecer los recursos de información geolocalizada que implementan las aplicaciones móviles de todo el mundo. En particular, para la realidad aumentada y geolocalización, establece los requisitos y modelado de sucesos espaciales para la navegación en interiores y consensúa un estándar abierto para el servicio de mensajería SMS que se implementa en las aplicaciones de geolocalización. El estándar GeoSMS. [...]

Comment on Why embedded URLs should not be used for geotagging by neogeo | GeoSMS

neogeo | GeoSMS — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:05:25 +0000

[...] L’Open GeoSMS standard de l’OGC est actuellement soumis aux commentaires publics . Exemple d’Open GeoSMS : http://maps.geosms.cc/showmap?geo=23.9572,120.6860&GeoSMS I NEED TOWING SERVICE NOW On notera que l’Open GeoSMS requiert la présence d’une URI (http ou https) en première ligne du message. On peut également noter que l’auteur de GeoSMS n’aime pas cela (cf. ici). [...]