I have a pocketpc / smartphone with windows mobile.
It has an inbuilt GPS chip but an external GPS receiver with Bluetooth uses up
the phone's battery a lot less.

Is there any application that will track my position and give me an audible
alarm when my current location is less than a given distance from a previously
indicated position?

The reason is that I tend to fall asleep in the train and want to be woken up
when I am approaching the station where I want to get off the train.

I could use the standard alarm function and have an alarm sound shortly before
the planned arrival (if I know the planned arrival time) but trains can run
late, or even early but that's very unusual.

Using the actual location I would not even need to research the planned
arrival time - just set it to rouse me 500 or 1000 metres from my destination.

I don't know how to write programs but all it has to do is

1 Allow me to input a destination,
2 Allow me to input how far away I want to be warned,
3 Read GPS location from the GPS chip or external GPS receiver,
4 Calculate distance between current location and given destination,
5 If that distance is less than I have entered sound alarm otherwise go back
to step 3

I had a look at POIBeep but that is no longer developed and it's not what I'm
looking for. That program uses a file of POIs (for example speed cameras or
restaurants or petrol stations) and warns whenever one of them is within a
certain distance.

Suggestions are welcome.

The answer is yes basically!

This is also how 377 units work by being a certain distance away from the
next station, then they annouce the train next stop, and check for platform
lenghts etc...

On my tomtom, i have a POI list of all the BR stations, I have them set to a
distance of alert when 800 yards near them.

The way to do it for example, if your journey was say Brghton to East
Croydon, just create a new POI list, with only ECR and BTN in the list, then
get it to warn you at the distance you require.

If you dont have TT, you can always use GPS Speed Sentry, this will do just
the trick!

Regards

Jack!

PS - When using your GPS device, dont forget to see if the driver is
speeding!!





"Philip Green" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> I have a pocketpc / smartphone with windows mobile.
> It has an inbuilt GPS chip but an external GPS receiver with Bluetooth
> uses up
> the phone's battery a lot less.
>
> Is there any application that will track my position and give me an
> audible
> alarm when my current location is less than a given distance from a
> previously
> indicated position?
>
> The reason is that I tend to fall asleep in the train and want to be woken
> up
> when I am approaching the station where I want to get off the train.
>
> I could use the standard alarm function and have an alarm sound shortly
> before
> the planned arrival (if I know the planned arrival time) but trains can
> run
> late, or even early but that's very unusual.
>
> Using the actual location I would not even need to research the planned
> arrival time - just set it to rouse me 500 or 1000 metres from my
> destination.
>
> I don't know how to write programs but all it has to do is
>
> 1 Allow me to input a destination,
> 2 Allow me to input how far away I want to be warned,
> 3 Read GPS location from the GPS chip or external GPS receiver,
> 4 Calculate distance between current location and given destination,
> 5 If that distance is less than I have entered sound alarm otherwise go
> back
> to step 3
>
> I had a look at POIBeep but that is no longer developed and it's not what
> I'm
> looking for. That program uses a file of POIs (for example speed cameras
> or
> restaurants or petrol stations) and warns whenever one of them is within a
> certain distance.
>
> Suggestions are welcome.

Just set POI or destination about 250m before the station.

Alarm goes, Phil wakes up, grabs coat, briefcase, brolly etc. and rushes to
the exit, throws open door and jumps out - ALAS he had boarded the fast
train by mistake...




"Philip Green" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> I have a pocketpc / smartphone with windows mobile.
> It has an inbuilt GPS chip but an external GPS receiver with Bluetooth
> uses up
> the phone's battery a lot less.
>
> Is there any application that will track my position and give me an
> audible
> alarm when my current location is less than a given distance from a
> previously
> indicated position?
>
> The reason is that I tend to fall asleep in the train and want to be woken
> up
> when I am approaching the station where I want to get off the train.
>
> I could use the standard alarm function and have an alarm sound shortly
> before
> the planned arrival (if I know the planned arrival time) but trains can
> run
> late, or even early but that's very unusual.
>
> Using the actual location I would not even need to research the planned
> arrival time - just set it to rouse me 500 or 1000 metres from my
> destination.
>
> I don't know how to write programs but all it has to do is
>
> 1 Allow me to input a destination,
> 2 Allow me to input how far away I want to be warned,
> 3 Read GPS location from the GPS chip or external GPS receiver,
> 4 Calculate distance between current location and given destination,
> 5 If that distance is less than I have entered sound alarm otherwise go
> back
> to step 3
>
> I had a look at POIBeep but that is no longer developed and it's not what
> I'm
> looking for. That program uses a file of POIs (for example speed cameras
> or
> restaurants or petrol stations) and warns whenever one of them is within a
> certain distance.
>
> Suggestions are welcome.

Jack Rabbitt wrote:
>
> If you dont have TT, you can always use GPS Speed Sentry, this will do just
> the trick!
>

Thank you very much, Jack.

I don't use TomTom but Sygic mobile maps for navigation (long story).

I downloaded and tested GPS speed sentry.
It took me a little while to figure out how to create my .csv files (should
have read the instructions sooner) and it works perfectly.

It won't work for underground railway systems, in trains with a coating on the
windows that blocks GPS signals or for places like Schiphol which are quite a
long way into a tunnel unless I have the warning go off a couple of kilometres
in advance, but it does work under other conditions.

Regards,
Philip Green.

"Philip Green" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Jack Rabbitt wrote:
>>
>> If you dont have TT, you can always use GPS Speed Sentry, this will do
>> just
>> the trick!
>>
>
> Thank you very much, Jack.
>
> I don't use TomTom but Sygic mobile maps for navigation (long story).
>
> I downloaded and tested GPS speed sentry.
> It took me a little while to figure out how to create my .csv files
> (should
> have read the instructions sooner) and it works perfectly.
>
> It won't work for underground railway systems, in trains with a coating on
> the
> windows that blocks GPS signals or for places like Schiphol which are
> quite a
> long way into a tunnel unless I have the warning go off a couple of
> kilometres
> in advance, but it does work under other conditions.
>
> Regards,
> Philip Green.

Hi Philip,

You are welcome, im glad to have helped and recommended GPS SS.
Its a great little program/

Cheers

`Jack`