On 29 October 2012 12:42, Jangita Nyagudi <
jangita.nyagudi@gmail.com> wrote:
> 4. The phone has google maps/latitude on so give GPS location
> 5. An Android app can be installed which is connected to the various
> car subsystems via USB (auto car off etc) that can be commanded by
> SMS/internet
>
> All in one.
>
> On 28 October 2012 09:55, Odhiambo Washington <
odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 10:49 PM, William Muriithi
>> <
william.muriithi@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > I have seen some Ads in the newspapers by some enterprising Kenyans who
>>> > say
>>> > they can wire your car in a such a way that you can be able to
>>> > watch/view
>>> > at any point in time what is happening in the car - for example where
>>> > the
>>> > driver is headed or doing with the car.
>>>
>>> Think uploading GPS coordinate is more effective. Think of the
>>> bandwidth dealing with images would need? And then you need to be
>>> checking on the camera often or uploading everything somewhere and
>>> scanning through the pictures. Just don't scale well
>>>
>>> Granted, problem with GPS is you can't tell if the driver is
>>> mistreating the car. Hitting every pot hole on the road for example.
>>>
>>> Hmm, actually, I think its possible. Have something like a CCTV
>>> security system with huge disk and save everything on the car. Once
>>> the car come back, pull the disk out and scan through the daily stream
>>> of images that have been captured though the day. That leaves only
>>> one problem, you need a resources to be scanning through lots of
>>> mostly banal picture. Agree they would catch some interesting stuff
>>> once in a while. Ah, and its a psychological deterence of the driver
>>> driving badly even if you never check the pictures, so yea worth it.
>>>
>>> Me urging with myself, sorry
>>>
>>
>> How about a simple scenario where you have a phone capable of video calls
>> installed in the vehicle and
>> 1. Phone is wired to charge via vehicle electrical system
>> 2. Phone is configured to auto-answer any incoming calls
>> 3. Phone is discreetly mounted somewhere in the vehicle
>>
>> You call the number in the phone and voila!
>>
>> My imagination.
>>
>> PS: As a matter of fact, I've head of cases where folks by dead phones to
>> pluck out the camera - though this still
>> sounds like a myth to me...
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>> Nairobi,KE
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