Let me see if I’m getting this application correct, you wish to collect prices of petrol/diesel from various petrol stations in different locations into a database then service queries from ‘saving’ motorist on where to get the best deals. Am I right?

I could help with the SMS angle as I work in a company that deals mostly with SMS systems and have had a lot of experience on appropriate formatting of SMS for application interpretation.

From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of saidimu apale
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:11 AM
To: Skunkworks forum
Subject: [Skunkworks] PetrolTracker: locations of petrol stations in the city

We need locations of "participating" petrol stations in the city.

It would be great if someone volunteered to harness the info and generate a Google/Bing maps mashup.

I put "participating" in quotes because we need to decide who gets to be part of this: does *anyone* who sells petrol qualify? Or only licensed/recognized dealers? Only ones within the city-center?

Questions in need of community answers...

Saidi