2012-02-13
New App for Android: the MyTracks Social Plugin!
I've been cycling a lot, and I use the wonderful, free MyTracks Android app to record my trips. I have friends that use Nike+, and I see them frequently posting their track stats to Facebook and Twitter. While MyTracks has the ability to "share" tracks, it's admittedly a bit tedious. I wanted MyTracks to automatically post status updates whenever I save a new track.
Enter the ...
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2011-08-24
Smoothing Sensor Data with a Low-Pass Filter
If you search StackOverflow, there are a number of posts about Android sensor data being very jittery, and suggestions on implementing a smoothing algorithm. Well not many people have actually posted a smoothing algorithm, and those that I have seen tend to be fairly complex.
After some searching, I came to the Wikipedia entry for Low Pass Filter. There's a pseudocode algorithm that I adapted for Java ...
2011-07-03
Introducing: Marco Polo for Android
Marco Polo is my new Android app that I've been working on in my free time since April. It lets you 'find' your friends based on their geo-tagged social network posts. Marco Polo then shows their location and distance from you on a compass. The app is very simple right now, but I have plans to add game mechanics that will make it much more fun! You ...
2011-06-16
MarcoPolo Help and FAQ
Looking for the privacy policy? See the bottom of this page.
So how do I use this?
Start by adding your friends' Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare or Flickr account. Then hit the 'refresh' menu button to download their latest checkins. You can then view the checkins on a compass or Google map, along with your current location.
How come I don't see anything?
Maybe your friend hasn't ...
2011-06-16
Find your Friends with Marco Polo
Marco Polo is an app to follow your friends' location via their social networking feeds. It can aggregate geotagged posts from Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, and Flickr, and then show those posts on a map. You can also 'find' your friends from your current location by using the compass!
Version 0.1 was released on 2011/07/01. Download it now from the Android market!
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