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GPS data logger for iPhone looks doubtful

Published by Bruce on March 8, 2008 in Quicklinks. Tags: geocaching, geotagging, gps, iphone, Quicklinks.

The iPhone SDK is out in beta, and a GPS module for iPhone and iTouch from gomite is "pending". However, as Wired observe the ban on background processes for third-party apps "eliminates the possibility of a geo-data updater running in the background, reporting your location back to a web service". This might also make it impossible to use the iPhone's camera app in conjunction with data logging software for geotagging if they can't run simultaneously. What happens if you need to take a call—would the logger have to quit?

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3 responses to GPS data logger for iPhone looks doubtful

1 David
Mar 8th, 2008 at 10:07 am Quote

Looks like I won't be able to do a ruralista diary then, like the urbanista Nokia guys - shame.

I'll just have to use a real camera then ;)
2 Bruce
Mar 11th, 2008 at 11:16 pm Quote

Maybe there's hope after all. I contacted gomite asking them to make sure their software records track logs, saying the market for data loggers is not at all Mac friendly and they have a real opportunity to corner it. They replied encouragingly:

Thanks for your interest in locoGPS. We appreciate your suggestion and agree, there is lots of opportunity for better data loggers. We are working on including basic data logging in our application and providing an open source environment for other developers to make improvements. We hope you like what we are brewing up. Stay tuned to gomite.com for more updates in the next few weeks.

Maybe they're referring to the WiFi version, which seems more SDK-compatible as noted here.
3 Bruce
Mar 13th, 2008 at 3:41 pm Quote

Update 13.03.08: There may be good reasons why background third-party apps are disallowed.

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