Thanks guys - to bring you up to date with where I'm at...
I'm running the Web Bazar aps now and use them to track routes - so I come back from a trip and use ITN converter (just like Tyre but 1/2 the size) to produce a file that Google Earth can understand... look here
I've also written a conversation program that will take the ITN file generated by the tracker program, convert it to a data.xml file that google maps can understand - that runs on the server every time it notices a change in the live ITN file - the only downside of that at the moment is that I'm having to run a cron job every 4 hours to see if the file data has changed and report that - it's not nice code but it is working.
I also have to manually upload the latest ITN file using my PDA and phone as a modem - I'm working on getting that working with the Tom Tom built in BT and modem stuff - but that's proving problematic.
Go look at the Long Way Down map to see the kind of thing I mean (I'm a BBC Development Producer)
Whilst La Web stuff is very handy and does work well I've still not managed to get it running a different set of maps - I think I'm just going to have to swallow the bill and buy what I need from them.
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