Ok, I have a question similar to the track the cell phone questions posted before.
I am new in wireless technology and I am writting an application in J2ME that would give people current traffic conditions based on the data stored in my database.
However, I have heard/read that some cell phones have GPS in them. I would like to get my hands on the data recorded by that GPS unit in order to improve my application.
What I mean is, I would like to have some people that volunteer to run my J2ME application when their commute starts, and track their position during that time, in order to find a more accurate traffic info.
Finally, from all this my question is: Is it possible to access cell phone GPS unit (data) via J2ME application that is installed on the phone. If it is, how would I go about doing that, and what are the cell phone models/providers that would allow this?
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A quick search gave me this url. There is some documentation to access the GPS on the phone there.
http://idenphones.motorola
Also on the phone there is a sample GPS application that displays the standard info on the screen. (eg. latitude, longitude, etc)
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by: threedimPosted on 2004-06-21 at 21:20:19ID: 11365930
Hi,
I have worked on some phones that is similar to what your asking. Motorola has come up with some phones that come built in with GPS receivers.
There are two models I have seen:
Motorola i730 (color)
Motorola i205
However these phones work under a different network called GRID here in Singapore. They use PTT (Push To Talk) technology.
So, I believe its possible to access the GPS onboard these phones, you just need to find the API's to access them :)