Comments on: GIS Software Above the Level of a Single Device http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device A weblog. A website. A geospatial miscellany... Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Rob http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device/comment-page-1#comment-6800 Rob Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:56:29 +0000 http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device#comment-6800 Hi Evert, I had this running on my wifi for a couple of days, I was that impressed I got straight onto vodafone and signed up for a £5 a month (500MB) internet connection. Just like a typical apache install on a web server, there is a htdocs folder you can dump serve web pages from. I've mainly been playing with the REST web services and find it takes 4-5 seconds to handle a request for a page; the web services are implemented in python which I suspect accounts for the slow response speed, it would be interesting to compare the response speed with just some simple html, I suspect it would be much faster. Rob Hi Evert,

I had this running on my wifi for a couple of days, I was that impressed I got straight onto vodafone and signed up for a £5 a month (500MB) internet connection.

Just like a typical apache install on a web server, there is a htdocs folder you can dump serve web pages from. I’ve mainly been playing with the REST web services and find it takes 4-5 seconds to handle a request for a page; the web services are implemented in python which I suspect accounts for the slow response speed, it would be interesting to compare the response speed with just some simple html, I suspect it would be much faster.

Rob

]]> By: Evert Bopp http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device/comment-page-1#comment-6793 Evert Bopp Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:04:27 +0000 http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device#comment-6793 Looks very interesting and I am staright off to read more and test the app. Wonder if I can install it on my phone and serve web-pages locally through wifi... Mmmmm, the mind boggles... Looks very interesting and I am staright off to read more and test the app.
Wonder if I can install it on my phone and serve web-pages locally through wifi…
Mmmmm, the mind boggles…

]]> By: Rob http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device/comment-page-1#comment-6030 Rob Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:01:10 +0000 http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device#comment-6030 So "what benefits are there to allowing others access the server on your mobile?" - good question; I think one big impact could be on the telco business model, I've penciled some thoughts down in another post - <a href="http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/nokia-mobile-web-server-a-game-changer" rel="nofollow">the game changer...</a> So “what benefits are there to allowing others access the server on your mobile?” – good question; I think one big impact could be on the telco business model, I’ve penciled some thoughts down in another post – the game changer…

]]> By: Phil Leggetter http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device/comment-page-1#comment-6015 Phil Leggetter Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:19:57 +0000 http://gisconsultancy.com/blog/mobile-gis/gis-software-above-the-level-of-a-single-device#comment-6015 I think this is a really interesting find but found myself wondering exactly how useful it is. To be able to serve up your mobile contents and access your SMS, contacts and call history is very clever but what real use is it? Your mobile is just that - "mobile". You will have it in your pocket so you can check or send SMS from it directly. So the question is "what benefits are there to allowing others access the server on your mobile?" The benefit, that I think will facilitate Tim O’Reilly’s ideas, is that it introduces new ways to communicate with your mobile device. Depending on the completeness of the port of Apache (and I’ve not looked into this) then your applications, or other devices, can now interact with your mobile using HTTP/HTTPS requests AND web service calls. This significantly increases the ease at which other applications can consume and use services offered by the mobile device. In terms of Tim’s post this means that the desktop application can concentrate on using rich and easy to use functionality with a simple means of communicating (sending new iTunes playlists, re-organising an address book etc.) with the device. This removes the need to use a small and clunky user interfaces to perform complex tasks. Note: Mobile UIs are getting much better due to better screen technology and improved UI design. In addition, if your mobile can be accessed over HTTP then it further removes the need for infrared, Bluetooth and cabled connections between a PC and your device. Issues relating to the ability to transfer data securely, reliable and at speed still need to be addressed but improvements are being made all the time. I think the web server on a mobile device is a very interesting concept with potential application across many fields including GIS. I think this is a really interesting find but found myself wondering exactly how useful it is.

To be able to serve up your mobile contents and access your SMS, contacts and call history is very clever but what real use is it? Your mobile is just that – “mobile”. You will have it in your pocket so you can check or send SMS from it directly.

So the question is “what benefits are there to allowing others access
the server on your mobile?”

The benefit, that I think will facilitate Tim O’Reilly’s ideas, is that it introduces new ways to communicate with your mobile device. Depending on the completeness of the port of Apache (and I’ve not looked into this) then your applications, or other devices, can now interact with your mobile using HTTP/HTTPS requests AND web service calls. This significantly increases the ease at which other applications can consume and use services offered by the mobile device. In terms of Tim’s post this means that the desktop application can concentrate on using rich and easy to use functionality with a simple means of communicating (sending new iTunes playlists, re-organising an address book etc.) with the device. This removes the need to use a small and clunky user interfaces to perform complex tasks.

Note: Mobile UIs are getting much better due to better screen technology and improved UI design.

In addition, if your mobile can be accessed over HTTP then it further removes the need for infrared, Bluetooth and cabled connections between a PC and your device. Issues relating to the ability to transfer data securely, reliable and at speed still need to be addressed but improvements are being made all the time.

I think the web server on a mobile device is a very interesting concept with potential application across many fields including GIS.

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