C#: GPS Tracking system [closed]

Answer 1

Since you mention C#, you will need a phone that runs Windows Mobile. And has GPS of course.

After you download and install the WinMob 6.1 SDK, you can simply start a Smart Device project in V. Studio.

You can read the GPS either through a SerialPort or use the GPS API. There is a managed wrapper for the API in the SDK samples folder. (The WM 5 version had some problems, Google for that).

When you can read the position, you will have to send it to a Server somewhere. WinMob has support for calling WebServices in a intermittently connected situations.

Answer 2

I've been looking into this myself and I came across this

http://www.codeplex.com/SharpGPS

It's a GPS library based on .NET 2 full or CF, I haven't tried it yet but it looks pretty promising

Answer 3

If you are wanting a vehicle tracking system, why not buy one, as there are plenty out there. If you don't really know how to go about it, I'm not sure you'll be able to produce a solution at lower cost than a commercial system.

Answer 4

Try tracking location of GPS enabled mobile in PC:

1. develope android app in mobile (which gives permission to access GPS...coded in Android Manifest.xml)
2. develope PC app using .net which takes Location data from server and plot the location on PC by automatically generating Javascript

Answer 5

1. First define the requirements, what functionalities your software should have
2. Decide on the platform: iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Android or something else

With "C#.net" you will likely be able to develop only for Windows Mobile.

Answer 6

Its actually not that hard (done it myself!).

Best place to start looking is here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158708.aspx

You will need to download the windows mobile 6.0 SDK from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=06111A3A-A651-4745-88EF-3D48091A390B&displaylang=en

The sdk actually contains a sample GPS application that you can use to customize to your own needs.