Calling all clever people

[+Geo-Kate]

Hi all.

 

Got me a new phone on the weekend. A Nokia N95. A very clever thing it is, too.

 

As the title says, it has built in GPS and runs on symbian OS. I have been looking over the interweb for programs that can gather cache information off the net (through GPRS/WAP or even the wifi over an access point) and then use the GPS to search for nearby caches, display the information and ultimately guide me to them.

Not too much to ask, is it? I mean the technology is all there.

The closes thing I have found is this application, AFTrack.

 

Now, I don't know a whole lot about this, and I don't want to spend 28 Euros on software unless I know it will do what I'm after.

 

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

[+imajeep]

Hi all.

 

Got me a new phone on the weekend. A Nokia N95. A very clever thing it is, too.

 

As the title says, it has built in GPS and runs on symbian OS. I have been looking over the interweb for programs that can gather cache information off the net (through GPRS/WAP or even the wifi over an access point) and then use the GPS to search for nearby caches, display the information and ultimately guide me to them.

Not too much to ask, is it? I mean the technology is all there.

The closes thing I have found is this application, AFTrack.

 

Now, I don't know a whole lot about this, and I don't want to spend 28 Euros on software unless I know it will do what I'm after.

 

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Don't know if this will help, but they are big in the US:

 

http://www.trimbleoutdoors.com/TrimbleOutdoors.aspx

[+Donmoore]

Got the same phone myself and did raise this question the only reply i got was sayign that they too could not find a decent program. In one of my older Nokias i used a bluetooth gpsr and a very simple program which i used to start me of in geocaching but i can't for the life of me remember what it was called.

[Ayondin]

http://wap.geocaching.com

[+Geo-Kate]

Thanks for the info, chaps.

 

The application I linked to above won't work with the N95's built in GPSr, the program can only detect bluetooth receivers. I could buy a bluetooth receiver, but that would not make any sense.

 

I guess I could use the WAP address to put in my current co-ords, then enter them in the phone and use it's built in software. The only problem is the phone's standard software can only take the co-ords in decimal degrees and has not got the arrow/compass screen we all love. That's why I really was after some dedicated software that woould integrate the phone and GPS bits.

 

I'll keep searching and if I find anything I'll post here for other's information.

[+Archer4]

This one any use? Spot The same site has a free trial download of AFTrack but as you say it does seem to state that it needs an external BT GPSr

[+Archer4]

There's a free Spot trial here - looks like it works with "integrated GPS that emulate a serial port..."

Might do the job

[+Geo-Kate]

There's a free Spot trial here - looks like it works with "integrated GPS that emulate a serial port..."

Might do the job

 

Thanks for the link. I have the free trial, and it works beautifuly except one thing. It does not recognise the internal GPS. Oh well. I'll keep my eye open...

[+Archer4]

Picky Picky

OK - this blog is by someone who says they've used this to cache with their N95 and that it recognises the internal GPS (free trial then £20 for self selected 10000 Km2 OS map & application apparently)

?

[+Geo-Kate]

Picky Picky

OK - this blog is by someone who says they've used this to cache with their N95 and that it recognises the internal GPS (free trial then £20 for self selected 10000 Km2 OS map & application apparently)

?

 

That look perfect, thank you very much!