please help me solve my GPS problem ..

[rhose]

I'm a graduating student from phil. and together with my group mates, we propose an study entitled "NECKLACE TRACKING DEVICE WITH MAP LOCATOR MOBILE APP". We already bought some materials like ; Flora Wearable Ultimate GPS Module (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1059) and FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible (http://www.adafruit.com/product/659).

Our main problem now is how do we connect this GPS module on the mobile application that we will create ?

another thing is we have to put a button into the GPS module because the button will be use as the alert button. Clicking that button means that the child whose wearing the "NECKLACE TRACKING DEVICE" needs help or in danger. That button will notify the mobile app which use by the parents. the notification will also give the exact location of the child who wears the necklace.

how can we add a button on the GPS module ?

any advice would be helpful. thanks in advance. god bless.

[adafruit_support_bill]

To track someone or something with GPS, you need some way to transmit the GPS coordinates.
If the child has a cell-phone, you could transmit to that via bluetooth, and have an app on the child's phone that communicates with your mobile app.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1588

Or you could transmit the coordinates directly using a FONA module:
https://www.adafruit.com/search?q=fona&b=1

[solardude]

You can use the FONA to push the GPS Coordinates + Button Status to www.Ubidots.com for logging the GPS location and to get a live view of the GPS location. Ubidots.com also lets you monitor the switch state and setup events that will trigger a SMS , Email, or other response when ever the button is pressed.

Ubidots is the easiest IOT platform I have ever used and makes setting up these things pretty easy. There is some example code on the forum if you search for FONA.

[rhose]

Thanks for the answers. We are now thinking of other way to do our project..
Is the FONA has a GPS on its parts ? because our proposed project requires to use a GPS '
and can we program the fona using the FLORA - Wearable electronic platform: Arduino-compatible ?
if not, what is the best module should we use for it ?

[adafruit_support_bill]

The FONA does not have a built-in GPS. But both the GPS module and the FONA can be controlled by the FLORA.

[rhose]

ow ' that's great . our Flora will not be wasted.

another question ' Is it possible to put a button on FONA ?
and what type of button fits on it ?

[adafruit_support_bill]

You can connect a button to the FLORA although there is no place to mount one directly. Many wearable projects use the capacative touch capability of the FLORA: https://learn.adafruit.com/capacitive-t ... -and-flora

[Dimperado]

Hello Rhose! I just bought a FLORA + GPS + FONA to do EXACTLY what you were trying to do, to track my pet. May I have to code you used to connect with both FONA and GPS with FLORA? Maybe tha will save me some time! thank you very much in advance :)