New iPhone App Idea (Asistance Required)

[Ragnork]

Hello All,

I'm new to the forum, so first of all, thank you all for any further assistance provided. I'm currently working on the development of a new iPhone Accessory & Application, but to continue my research I must first find the answer to a few questions. Any assistance is very much appreciated, and anyone who would considers long-term assistance please get in contact.

Thank You, Rag.

Questions:


Can the iPhone keep track of multiple GPS chips simultaneously?

Can the iPhone maintain Real-Time connection with multiple GPS chips simultaneously?

Can the iPhone accurately track and represent the movements of multiple GPS chips and it-self in Real-Time, through an application?

Could the iPhone maintain Real-Time connection with a GPS chip which is indoors?

Can an application which tracks and represents Real-Time movements of multiple GPS chips be developed? (Maintaining GPS characteristics but including multiple devices)

Would this software require external hardware, i.e Antenna? (Apart of the actual GPS chip)

Could this application be used from the iPad and thus utilizing the iPhone’s already existing GPS chip to accurately represent it? While keeping track of all other devices.

Would the distance between the GPS chip and the iPhone or iPad make any difference?

[Duncan C]

Originally Posted by Ragnork

Hello All,

I'm new to the forum, so first of all, thank you all for any further assistance provided. I'm currently working on the development of a new iPhone Accessory & Application, but to continue my research I must first find the answer to a few questions. Any assistance is very much appreciated, and anyone who would considers long-term assistance please get in contact.

Thank You, Rag.

Questions:


Can the iPhone keep track of multiple GPS chips simultaneously?

Can the iPhone maintain Real-Time connection with multiple GPS chips simultaneously?

Can the iPhone accurately track and represent the movements of multiple GPS chips and it-self in Real-Time, through an application?

Could the iPhone maintain Real-Time connection with a GPS chip which is indoors?

Can an application which tracks and represents Real-Time movements of multiple GPS chips be developed? (Maintaining GPS characteristics but including multiple devices)

Would this software require external hardware, i.e Antenna? (Apart of the actual GPS chip)

Could this application be used from the iPad and thus utilizing the iPhone’s already existing GPS chip to accurately represent it? While keeping track of all other devices.

Would the distance between the GPS chip and the iPhone or iPad make any difference?

What do you mean by a "GPS Chip?" A GPS is a complex subsystem, not a chip. It involves a radio receiver that can receive signals from several satellites on multiple channels simultaneously, a very accurate clock, and some complex processing to calculate location based on the signals received, due to speed-of-light changes in the phase of the radio signals received.

The iPhone contains a single GPS subsystem that is actually a hybrid. It uses GPS satellite data along with information from the WiFi and cellular networks in order to figure out your current location.

Are you looking to interface an iPhone with multiple external GPS units? That would probably require getting into the Apple hardware developer program and getting access to the serial interface on the doc connector, plus creating a custom interface cable or custom GPS unit. Apple does not allow "normal" developers access to their hardware interfaces.

If that's not what you mean, you're going to have to explain it better.