Re: Re: HA Holy Grail #1: Occupancy Detection

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy,

Yes - remembered this from an old post (July 2005) and it's exactly
what I want - so did this never quite make it ??

http://www.automated.it/gm/index.html

Kevin

PS - Do you click 'reply to' and then copy/paste or retype over subject
lines when you reply on UKHA as I noticed that your posts always seem to
break the threading of topics - as do Gareths,  - this one both broke
the thread and even inherited the wrong subject......  ;-)





Andy Laurence wrote:
>
> From: Stuart Poulton [mailto:stuart.poulton@xxxxxxx
> <mailto:stuart.poulton%40astro.le.ac.uk>]
> > You can do this with a GPS enabled GPRS module.
> >
> > Some software on both the module, and a server, overlay onto
> googlemaps.
> >
> > Activate with a TXT message say ?
> >
> > I'd guess ~£150 for the module, obviously plus time to
develop it.
>
> You mean like this?
>
> http://www.andylaurence.co.uk/live/
<http://www.andylaurence.co.uk/live/>
>
> It starts in Bristol, moves to where we are (it's not live yet, as
> we've not left), then navigates to the 'Ring. Updates via GPRS. All I
> need to work out is how to grab NMEA data from GPS, and send a GET
> request to the server to update every 20 minutes. I gave up with that
> part though, it'll be a manual process.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>