Implementations/Web services
Text Messaging (email) service
| This implementation IS FULLY 30W-compliant. |
If your cell phone supports text messaging to an email address, you can get geohash updates on your phone by sending a formatted text to srv@geohash.info
Formatting
YYYY-MM-DD Lat Lon Example:
2008-02-18 42 -83
Alternatively, it defaults to the current date (EST for now) and you can just enter Latitude and Longitude
42 -83
Bugs
- The -0 Issue is still very much an issue.
- This used to display the degree symbol after coordinate elements, but due to poor cell phone support of this character, which resulted in messages cutting off after the first Latitude, I have removed it.
- This is also not a terribly robust solution, but a better (stronger, faster) implementation is in the making.
- Not necessarily a bug, but a desirable feature: it would be nice to be able to omit the '-' character when specifying the date (it just happens to require many keystrokes to type - on my phone)
Text Messaging service (SMS)
| This implementation IS FULLY 30W-compliant. |
Text "GH [date]" to +41774378210, eg:
gh 20091110
A few seconds later you should get an sms response similar to the following:
Relevant DJIA for 2009-11-10 is 10223.01(W) / 10020.62(E). Decimal parts are: 0.02335 0.228005(W) / 0.854495 0.149983(E).
Occasionally you may see a result of <n/a> when information is unavailable. For example, if you are looking at a date where coordinates are only available east of w30, you may see something like:
Relevant DJIA for 2009-11-10 is <n/a>(W) / 10020.62(E). Decimal parts are: <n/a>(W) / 0.854495 0.149983(E).
Not case-sensitive, so "Gh", "gh" etc. are all fine. Don't forget the space between "gh" and the date. The script is also flexible on the date format as long as it's in the Y-m-d order.
The service uses the DJIA source that I maintain.
I recommend testing it once before you are away from home and really need it. Also, don't hesitate to tell me if you don't get an sms back or if you feel that something else is not working properly...
See also SMS DJIA service; suggestions, comments and other feedback to User:Crox.
