Comments on: Google Latitude now supported http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/ I'm here, where are you? Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: john http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-5481 john Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:05:24 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-5481 It depends if you're sharing your location to the public, if you're not then Google won't be able to display your trace. If you want to do this on a one-off basis then you should be ok to download the .atom file in your browser while logged in, place the .atom file on another web server somewhere and then Google should be able to see it, unfortunately there's not a lot more that you can do right now. It depends if you’re sharing your location to the public, if you’re not then Google won’t be able to display your trace. If you want to do this on a one-off basis then you should be ok to download the .atom file in your browser while logged in, place the .atom file on another web server somewhere and then Google should be able to see it, unfortunately there’s not a lot more that you can do right now.

]]> By: Mike http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-5472 Mike Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:57:14 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-5472 Thanks for your prompt reply John Should I convert the log into GeoRSS format before importing to Google Map? I tried importing the Atom log to Google map via URL but no route or points happened to appear in the map that I created.... Sorry for troubling mate. Thanks for your prompt reply John

Should I convert the log into GeoRSS format before importing to Google Map? I tried importing the Atom log to Google map via URL but no route or points happened to appear in the map that I created….

Sorry for troubling mate.

]]> By: john http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-5471 john Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:00:17 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-5471 Hi Mike Currently there is no way to view your trace on a Google map directly within the site. If you use the API though you can get it in Atom format with GeoRSS embedded which the Google Maps website can parse and show. You can also get JSON output which you might want to use as a more basic format to generate something from yourself. An example API call would be: http://mapme.at/api/where.atom?username=royaliris&mode=since&since=1%20day%20ago If you change the .atom part to .json you get the JSON output, you can change the "since" parameter and add an "until" parameter if you want, it should understand most English ways of describing time. You can use the API while logged into the site to get your location at full accuracy but if using it with a separate app or website you may need to use the OAuth API to get the full accuracy. Hope this helps Hi Mike

Currently there is no way to view your trace on a Google map directly within the site. If you use the API though you can get it in Atom format with GeoRSS embedded which the Google Maps website can parse and show. You can also get JSON output which you might want to use as a more basic format to generate something from yourself. An example API call would be:

http://mapme.at/api/where.atom?username=royaliris&mode=since&since=1%20day%20ago

If you change the .atom part to .json you get the JSON output, you can change the “since” parameter and add an “until” parameter if you want, it should understand most English ways of describing time. You can use the API while logged into the site to get your location at full accuracy but if using it with a separate app or website you may need to use the OAuth API to get the full accuracy.

Hope this helps

]]> By: Mike http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-5466 Mike Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:11:44 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-5466 Hi John, is it able to view my track history in Google map or just view the location history by "longitude, latitude" instead of points on the map? The Cloudmade map only can zoom to city level in my country (Macau, China). Many thanks for your reply. Hi John, is it able to view my track history in Google map or just view the location history by “longitude, latitude” instead of points on the map? The Cloudmade map only can zoom to city level in my country (Macau, China). Many thanks for your reply.

]]> By: Fabien http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-2032 Fabien Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:30:37 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-2032 John, since 1 week, I start with android SDK. Yesterday I bought 3 books and start reading. Android SDK is quite simple so I think I will start an android app for mapme in 1 or 2 weeks and hope to have a first version in July. I will contact you later by e-mail to have somme details with your API. John, since 1 week, I start with android SDK. Yesterday I bought 3 books and start reading.
Android SDK is quite simple so I think I will start an android app for mapme in 1 or 2 weeks and hope to have a first version in July.
I will contact you later by e-mail to have somme details with your API.

]]> By: john http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-1974 john Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:20:34 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-1974 Fabien, one of the reasons we went with CloudMade was that we could customise the map style to suit our needs, we'll have a look at the issue you've mentioned. Good luck with your Android development! Fabien, one of the reasons we went with CloudMade was that we could customise the map style to suit our needs, we’ll have a look at the issue you’ve mentioned. Good luck with your Android development!

]]> By: Fabien http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-1971 Fabien Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:39:41 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-1971 Sorry to disturb you but why do you use cloudmade tiles instead of OSM directly. They are more uptodate. And for me on my laptop, color scheme is very difficult to see residential road (almost same colour as the background). Sorry to disturb you but why do you use cloudmade tiles instead of OSM directly. They are more uptodate. And for me on my laptop, color scheme is very difficult to see residential road (almost same colour as the background).

]]> By: Fabien http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-1970 Fabien Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:36:47 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-1970 Ok, thanks for your reply. I am not involved in aprs.fi. I know this beacause my father use aprs and it looks fine where they come to house to see in live where they are. I try update with latitude but very few point and no point if you move too fast (in a car). So instamapper gpsTracker for android is the best for me. On android is java too for developping apps so maby it is not a lot of work to port Mobile Trails explorer to android. I'm just starting with android devel environement so I can't help you know but perhaps in the future. Ok, thanks for your reply.
I am not involved in aprs.fi. I know this beacause my father use aprs and it looks fine where they come to house to see in live where they are.
I try update with latitude but very few point and no point if you move too fast (in a car). So instamapper gpsTracker for android is the best for me.
On android is java too for developping apps so maby it is not a lot of work to port Mobile Trails explorer to android. I’m just starting with android devel environement so I can’t help you know but perhaps in the future.

]]> By: john http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-1966 john Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:13:09 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-1966 Fabien, yes live updating is definitely a feature we want to support. We've just put live an update which should give some basic updating, please try it out and let us know if you spot any problems, at the moment it should update every minute if the timeline isn't moved. We might need to tweak this somewhat but wanted to get a version out now and see how it's received. Mobile Trails Explorer, a J2ME app, is able to update mapme.at on a per-second basis and works really well. We would actually love to put some integration between OSM and mapme.at directly into the site, another item for the "To do" list I think! By the way, aprs.fi looks interesting, are you involved with the development of the site? It would be good to have them integrating with mapme.at. Fabien, yes live updating is definitely a feature we want to support. We’ve just put live an update which should give some basic updating, please try it out and let us know if you spot any problems, at the moment it should update every minute if the timeline isn’t moved. We might need to tweak this somewhat but wanted to get a version out now and see how it’s received.

Mobile Trails Explorer, a J2ME app, is able to update mapme.at on a per-second basis and works really well. We would actually love to put some integration between OSM and mapme.at directly into the site, another item for the “To do” list I think!

By the way, aprs.fi looks interesting, are you involved with the development of the site? It would be good to have them integrating with mapme.at.

]]> By: Fabien http://blog.mapme.at/2009/05/05/google-latitude-now-supported/comment-page-1/#comment-1698 Fabien Mon, 25 May 2009 12:03:42 +0000 http://blog.mapme.at/?p=205#comment-1698 Ok, I try to use it via instamapper. So some feature request : like on aprs.fi (location for amateur radio), it will be fine to have live update for the sharing map. timeline is a good idea but It will be very fine to have live update for my familly and my friend because thy all don't remember to update the page. An ather cool feature for a future android software (perhaps by me, I will start android developpement ...) is to log gpx with 1 seconds intervall and add openstreetmap upload support. Ok, I try to use it via instamapper. So some feature request :
like on aprs.fi (location for amateur radio), it will be fine to have live update for the sharing map. timeline is a good idea but It will be very fine to have live update for my familly and my friend because thy all don’t remember to update the page.
An ather cool feature for a future android software (perhaps by me, I will start android developpement …) is to log gpx with 1 seconds intervall and add openstreetmap upload support.

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