[OSGeo-Discuss] Mobile GPS data collection...

[Tyler Mitchell]

On 31-Jul-06, at 10:36 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:

> What protocol would you suggest for remote data synchronization?
> In my opinion, Web Feature Service interface should be a sufficient  
> for
> this purpose. HTTP/SOAP interface is available on most of mobile
> platforms we've mentioned.

I firmly believe in open standards, it will be our secret sauce that  
allows us to be multi-platform without inventing new methods.

If only we could assume that a WFS-T service was available .. but  
alas, I think it is too early for that. :(  Or, perhaps, there are  
some simple lightweight WFS-T servers around that could easily be  
distributed as a binary package for desktops/servers??

I think that is the tricky part...how to easily distribute/install  
the desktop/server side of our syncing environment.  I have done a  
bit of XML-RPC using Python.  It would be quite simple, in my  
opinion, to have an install package that sets up a python/xml-rpc  
app. that connects to to any type of database.   Then the mobile  
comp. could connect to that app. via the open xml-rpc standard.

Hmm... needs some more thought.

Tyler