Small bug in the Location Starter Kit

Posted in: Android, Augmented Reality, Blog, LBS, iPhone by openhanced on April 11, 2010

We discovered a small bug in the setup procedure for the Location Starter Kit (thanks Josh for the feedback). This bug writes the wrong username in the webservice/layarpoints.php file. Make sure that your db username on line 16 in this file is correct.

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Launch of the Openhanced Location Starter Kit with #Layar functionality

Posted in: Android, Augmented Reality, Blog, Mobile, iPhone by openhanced on April 6, 2010

NEWS: Openhanced is releasing a new Sports/freetime activity Layar next week in cooperation with a German company. Above 300000 tracks listed worldwide including elevation/weather data.

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We are, as planned, delivering the Location Starter kit to provide individuals and organizations with a solution that can be used in combination with mobile applications like Layar.

The development of this solution has taken a while and this Freemium version is the blue print for our GEO Data warehouse where people with different roles can manage location content in a user friendly way. Our first goal is to make the solution available to anyone who is interested in location oriented solutions.

For us Layar is the showcase application that we use a lot to provide people with an awesome demo. However, Openhanced is involved in several Enterprise location based solutions for users or employees. To fulfill end user solutions you need a flexible backend for demonstrations.

Some information before you start the download

As with every software solutions and deciding on releases and time frames there are a few small minor issues, mostly related to validation during installation:

• The install wizard can one click install but make sure all your MySQL details are correct;
• Double-check if you need the special 755 permissions on the mentioned files;
• Get a Google Maps key that is needed for the location picker.

Scalability

The backend location management system is built on PHP and MySQL and can be used in a live production environment if needed. We use it for a few solutions that serve a quarter of a million data points and we think that is still fine performance wise.

Downloading and unpacking

You can download the solution here. Make sure after downloading to unpack the zip file and to upload it to your PHP/MySQL server. Call the install.htm through your browser after uploading.

To get help before you upload and install visit our extensive online help.