[gps-talkusers] Re: App that will allow one to track moving targets that you can find them BlindSquare but not track in real-time

  • From: Jeff Kenyon <jkenyon7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 18:57:45 -0500

Interesting, I wonder why that's included as a category? It would be fun to 
track things around.

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> On Jan 25, 2014, at 5:30 PM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirttimaa@xxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
> Yes, it would need some realtime datasource. For example here in Finland we 
> have realtime tracking info available for trams, trains and some busses. 
> Problem is that every city has their own standard for this, so it kind of 
> doesn't make sense to build live tracking support to global apps like 
> BlindSquare or Foursquare.
> 
> Maybe closest possibility would be to use Google proprietary standard called 
> GTFS-realtime: https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime/reference
> 
> I'm pretty sure that within next 2 years we will have accessible app that 
> will live track moving targets on some areas. 
> 
> 
>> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Ari Moisio <arimo@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> I afraid there is no such feature in Foursquare and 'moving target' means 
>> only that the target has been there at certain time.
>> 
>> 
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>>  Jeff Kenyon kirjoitti
>>> Subject: [gps-talkusers] App that will allow one to track moving targets 
>>> that
>>>     you can find them BlindSquare but not track in real-time
>>> Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 16:46:17 -0500
>>> From: Jeff Kenyon <jkenyon7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Good afternoon everybody. How is everyone doing? I posted this question to 
>>> another list and I was curious if there is an app that will allow one to 
>>> track moving targets like the ones that you can find in BlindSquare under 
>>> the category of travel and transport? I was a little bit disappointed that 
>>> there isn't any way that you can track is moving targets with either 
>>> foursquare or BlindSquare. If anybody knows of anything please let me and 
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