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<p><img alt="Screenshot" src="GpsTracerAppWMCE5.aspx_files/GpsTracer1.gif" height="320" width="240"></p>

<h2>Introduction</h2>

<p>This is a simple GPS tracer developed for Window Mobile 2005/2003 on Compact Framework 2.0 SDK. So first of all, you need <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/download/">VisualStudio 2005</a> and <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=fa1a3d66-3f61-4ddc-9510-ae450e2318c3&amp;DisplayLang=en">Windows Mobile CE 5 SDK</a>.
You can develop it on emulator devices or on a real device. As you can
see in that photo, I developed that application on a read device: the
great Asus MyPal 636N. </p>

<p><img alt="Screenshot" src="GpsTracerAppWMCE5.aspx_files/GpsTracer2.gif" height="150" width="200"></p>

<h2>How it works: background</h2>

<p>The screenshot above shows that the map generated by this
application is very simple. It's only your path, and the application is
able to: </p>

<ul>
<li>Read data from any NMEA GPS device </li>

<li>Read your position and print it to the screen </li>

<li>Load and save your path </li>

<li>Zoom in/out </li>

<li>Pan on your path </li>

<li>Center on the map </li>

<li>Run in demo mode with randomly generated data </li>
</ul>

<p>You can save and load it, but for now you can't edit or add other
text. About application setup, it's very simple: you have only to setup
your COM port. This port must be that same port where your NMEA device
is attached via Bluetooth, IrDA or Integrate. Personally, I have an
Asus MyPal 636N device, so I have the GPS device built-in on COM5.</p>

<h2>Using the code</h2>

<p>It's basically composed of three main actors, similar to a simple MVC pattern:</p>

<p><code>Form</code> (Control): It's the main form of the application, so it contains the Windows UI (menu, controls...) </p>

<p><code>Reader</code> (Model): It's the class that works with the GPS device, so it allows reading from serial with a threaded method </p>

<p><code>Mapper</code> (View): It's the actor that parses the GPS NMEA
phrases and draws them on-screen; it also allows the user to zoom and
pan the map that contains the path </p>

<h3>Form</h3>

<p>It initializes the application; as you can see it's able to run on 240px X 320px devices. </p>