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tonytw1 / penguin-tracker

Originally developed to monitor the ARGOS tracking feed of the released emperor penguin "Happy Feet". Monitors an animal's tracking feed on an Android smartphone. Would also be applicable to other ARGOS / KML tracked wildlife
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So it was you! #7

Closed ZiglioUK closed 12 years ago

ZiglioUK commented 12 years ago

Now I'm forking, how fun!

tonytw1 commented 12 years ago

Yes, guilty... =) You're the developer of the KML feed - correct?

As mentioned in the description, I think this concept could be interesting for other wildlife - not just rock star penguins. I'm watching what's happening with KML over at Movebank. Using tracking data to create Tamagotchi style apps could be fun/help raise awareness, if enough providers decide to release data feeds.

ZiglioUK commented 12 years ago

Hi Tony,

yep, I built nzemperor.com. It ran on Google App Engine (Java) and Open Layers on the client, with the Java API for Kml (JAK). I see you use a sax parser, have you heard of Joox? apps like MyTracks also use a custom parser, I bet jaxb is a bit fat for Android (the startup time is awful with all those annotations).

Yeah, Movebank is cool, they use GWT (am not a fan anymore). For feeds Geo RSS could be a solution for people who want to make their data available. Have you looked at the Open Layers Timeline project? https://github.com/ZiglioNZ

PS How did you end up in Granada? I LOVE SPAIN (especially the sexy andalucian accent) but destiny brought me to NZ. I love Tarifa :-) Cordoba, never been to Granada, tierra soñada por mi