More apps...

Well, I went ahead and combined list and group. It went REALLY well. Just by doing it, and using it, I think I made the right choice. The example I’m working on is the Iraqi list. It was annoying, in random locations for example, to get one of those up. Most people aren’t going to be interested in those in any practical sense. So I did the mod, and also added forum link (so you talk about the group by click on the link).

I’ve been thinking of the next app to write. I’d really like to take advantage of the Iraqi Weapons (in that type of thing is news worthy). So I’m thinking of skipping some of the other apps I was going to work on. The problem with it is I’m under a bit of a time constraint. If I can get something show able done before the next war starts, then it’s at least *possible* I could make a splash with it. Soo..

I was thinking of making a kinda silly application, a “Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction” detector. Basically make it really pretty, only deal with group 2 (which is now the Iraqi group). Have it:

- Interface to a GPS on COMx
- Interface to AE. Don’t do any login, get groups, get countries, et al., just GetNear().
- If one of the locations is within say 300 feet (might be changeable?) then pop a big warning. Might even try to parse the text to figure it out what it is (bio, chem., nuke, et al).
- Might also bring up a pic if it’s available.

Actually, that gave me an idea. Might want to be able to put “keyword” in for apps to be able to deal with locations in ways I haven’t, via category, dealt with. I’m certainly not going to put in Bio-hazard in categories, but if the key word “BIO” is in the location, then the app could deal with it different. This wouldn’t be usable for normal public groups, but would be for private stuff (So I tour could show a different graphic based on the type of building or something)

Anyway, that SHOULD be fairly easy to do. I could slam something like that out in MFC pretty quick. VB a bit longer, but I could get some skin stuff which would be nice (The MFC one I already have working, and can access the GPS and AE without problem. Going to have to figure out how to do that under VB).