API into Pocket Streets?

[Tim Johnson]

I'm developing an app that will interface directly with a GPS receiver in
order to do a number of special calculations and route tracking. But I'd
also like to feed the realtime GPS to a real-time map display (using the
MapPoint webservice is not an option for the client due to cost). My first
choice is Pocket Streets. I know that product can directly interface to the
GPS receiver itself, just by specifying the right COM port. But is there
any sort of automation API or even OCX-like way I could interact with
PocketStreets to feed it the GPS data I'm receiving, since I'd be
monopolizing the COM port? I can't find anything online about it if there
is. Or perhaps a different mapping product for which there is such an API?
Thanks!

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Tim Johnson
High Point Software, Inc.
www.high-point.com
(503) 312-8625

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

There isn't an API into Pocket Streets and to be honest it's rather basic
anyway. I've used TomToms API and found it to be quite powerful. They
provide a C++ API which can be wrapped for .NETCF, if you would like to try
out a wrapper please let me know.
Another approach would be to use something like Franson's GPS Gate which
allows you to share a GPS device - it exposes a virtual COM port and you can
grab the location data through their API at the same time. Windows Mobile
5.0 has similar functionality built in as a native API, and again I have a
..NETCF wrapper for this, a version of which is included in:-
http://www.inthehand.com/windowsmobile.aspx

Peter

 

[Tim Johnson]

Peter, thanks for both suggestions, they look very interesting esp. the
shared com port solution.


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Tim Johnson
High Point Software, Inc.
www.high-point.com
(503) 312-8625