[FOSS-GPS] Tango/Foxtrot GPS - Plotting locations of multiple things

[Joshua Judson Rosen]

"Ben McCarthy" <b.mccarthy at lancaster.ac.uk> writes:
> 
> I am new to the list  and welcome any advice in this area.
> 
> I want to develop a mapping interface that can plot my own location plus the
> location of others (where the location of others is transmitted directly
> between one another, not via a central server).
> 
> To do this I searched around and came across TangoGPS, I changed the interface
> a bit and added the new functionality I required (by adapting the “Friends”
> functionality, cutting out the Curl code and replacing it with some socket
> code). After doing this, I came across an email thread that lead me to find
> out about the problems that lead to the creation of FoxtrotGPS.

As Jay said, "Replace the proprietary `friends' and IM subsystems
with open, standards-based [and decentralised] systems" is indeed
on the roadmap <http://www.foxtrotgps.org/roadmap.html>.

I'd love to see what you're doing. If you go through the archive
for this mailing-list, you'll find some conversation about protocol
and API options that we've looked into. I'm still thinking that
Jabber/XMPP looks pretty favourable; and, actually, contrary
to what I said the last time I wrote on this topic...,
I think doing XEP-0080 via Pub-Sub actualy should be viable--
I believe we can use MUC chatrooms as a sort of `public roster'
and then use Pub-Sub for sending/receiving geolocation updates.

Though, if you've already got something working with a different
protocol..., maybe we should just use that? ;)

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