[mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?

[Ken S. Elvehjem]

Bill,

Am still not particularly proficient with MapServer to help with the "how" -- instead, I'm curious about the "how near" real time.  Within 10 seconds or 10 minutes?  

Also,  how much data?  if it is just x,y,z info  could you have the machine that's reading the GPS append points to a (say) ShapeFile, and send the whole thing?  This would work if your ShapeFile held the last couple of hundred points;  Then it might be possible to display those points + another layer that would have an accumulation of the points, and a process on the server that would append the newest points to the accumulated file.

I'll confess to being more than a little curious about what you are doing...

Ken




  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Wordsworth 
  To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org 
  Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:21 PM
  Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] upload/stream data from GPS unit?


  Thanks Steve. I am clear about the mapping part. I am not so sure about streaming/uploading near-real-time GPS data from on-site to webserver across WPA?
  Cheers, Bill

  On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:

    Bill,

    There are probably many solutions available depending on the various
    technical components that you might have in the solution. One possible
    solution might be something along these lines:

    1) stream data to some service that you probably have to build
    2) have said service load the points into a postgres/postgis database
    3) create a mapfile with a LAYER to disply the data from postgis
    4) Use a client like OpenLayers to render you map from mapserver
    5) add a timer event to refresh your map every X secs

    -Steve W
     http://imaptools.com/


    Bill Wordsworth wrote:
    > Please let's not hijack my poor thread :)! Anyway, here's my original
    > question:
    >
    > "How can I upload/stream near-real-time GPS data from on-site to
    > webserver/MapServer (MapServer 5.x can read *.gpx)?"
    >
    > I've been referred to http://franson.com/gpsgate/ from the usenet
    > groups. I am looking for something with WPA.
    > Cheers, Bill
    > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Carlos Pinto <cmspinto at gmail.com

    > <mailto:cmspinto at gmail.com>> wrote:
    >
    >
    >     Hi all,
    >
    >     I'm new in MapServer and I'm using Openlayers that can be a client
    >     of MapServer.
    >
    >     What I'm trying to set-up is a grid that is in GML file. And I want
    >     MapServer to build the layer reading the GML file and give it to
    >     OpenLayers (javascript API) would read it as WMS.
    >
    >     I have instaled MapServer in C#  so I'm using MapScript. Is this
    >     possible?
    >
    >     Thanks
    >
    >     Carlos
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    > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Bill Wordsworth

    > <bill.wordsworth at gmail.com <mailto:bill.wordsworth at gmail.com>> wrote:
    >
    >     How can I upload/stream near-real-time GPS data from on-site to
    >     webserver/MapServer (MapServer 5.x can read *.gpx)?
    >     Cheers, Bill
    >
    >

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