Thanks Alex for the offer. The prices will be submitted by the users, and somehow ranked/sorted/authenticated by the system (the details are still being worked out on one of the threads on this list). Regarding the SMS portion of the project: please see the thread "PetrolTracker: SMS" and share your experience. Saidi On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Alex Mwega <alex@ims.co.ke> wrote:
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
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