topic Tracking Location in ArcGIS API for Silverlight Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/tracking-location/m-p/240646#M6208 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to brainstorm the best way to track a users location.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have accomplished this in another open source application but dotn know if its the same here.&nbsp; I created an SQL Server express database that gets updated every few seconds from and Access Database that is reading the NMEA string from a GPS unit.&nbsp; The application is using an OGR connection to read the SQL database table and create a graphic.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Wondering what my best approach would be in Silverlight app.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Create an mxd that reads a SQL table and plots a point?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Can I read a SQL express database table and create a graphic with the specified coordinates?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I then have to address the refreshing issue every few seconds.....</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyone do this or have nay ideas?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:24:30 GMT JayKappy 2011-03-15T15:24:30Z Tracking Location https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/tracking-location/m-p/240646#M6208 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to brainstorm the best way to track a users location.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I have accomplished this in another open source application but dotn know if its the same here.&nbsp; I created an SQL Server express database that gets updated every few seconds from and Access Database that is reading the NMEA string from a GPS unit.&nbsp; The application is using an OGR connection to read the SQL database table and create a graphic.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Wondering what my best approach would be in Silverlight app.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Create an mxd that reads a SQL table and plots a point?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Can I read a SQL express database table and create a graphic with the specified coordinates?&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I then have to address the refreshing issue every few seconds.....</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Anyone do this or have nay ideas?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:24:30 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/tracking-location/m-p/240646#M6208 JayKappy 2011-03-15T15:24:30Z Re: Tracking Location https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/tracking-location/m-p/240647#M6209 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>There is no GPS tracking in Silverlight but you might be able to read GPS coordinates from JavaScript as they did in this sample: </SPAN><A href="http://usamawahabkhan.blogspot.com/2010/03/silverlight-4-gps-navigation.html">http://usamawahabkhan.blogspot.com/2010/03/silverlight-4-gps-navigation.html</A><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I think you need to ask ArcGIS Server team on how you can define your data. You can also read up on the following help doc: </SPAN><A href="http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/help/arcgis_server_dotnet_help/index.html#//009300000021000000.htm">http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/help/arcgis_server_dotnet_help/index.html#//009300000021000000.htm</A></BODY></HTML> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:26:09 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-api-for-silverlight-questions/tracking-location/m-p/240647#M6209 JenniferNery 2011-03-15T22:26:09Z