About Leonardo Live Project
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The idea
Leonardo Live makes it possible to broadcast your flight (or other activity) live with the use of your mobile phone and a bluetooth GPS (if your phone does not have an integrated GPS receiver).
How does it work?
Your phone runs a simple program that gets your location coordinates from the GPS and sends this info to the Leonardo Live server. The server then processes this info and displays your position to the webpage so everyone can track you live and be notified of any problems you may have. More over the server is smart enough that it can be programmed by you to send out distress sms/emails to your predefined contacts in case of problems.
How is it different to other Live Tracking solutions ?
- Leonardo Live is designed from ground up for air sports by Pilots for Pilots.
- We have made the system as reliable as possible
- The GPRS costs of using the system are kept down to almost nothing.That way you can send packets even every 10 secs and still pay almost nothing to your mobile company for GPRS costs
What you need ?
Hardware
A phone
- with Java and Bluetooth API or
- with SymbianOS or
- with Windows mobile
and a Bluetooth GPS (if your phone does not have an integrated GPS receiver)
Buying a new/used mobile/GPS
- A new Nokia 2600c can be found for 65 € (Highly recommended)
- A new BT GPS from e-bay costs around 60 Euro.
Software
You must install a program on your phone, see Compatible Clients
How much does it cost?
The transmission is done via GPRS so the actual cost depends on how much the phone company charges GPRS traffic
The price of GPRS varies between mobile companies but even with high GPRS charges the cost can be
LESS THAN 0.05 Euro / Flying hour (or even free in some cases)
There are NO other costs other than GPRS traffic
After i buy the phone and GPS ?
You need to
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