spent a few hours finishing java application for cell phone. Need to download to phone and test position signal later this week

february 19th

walked around courtyard and grass area in front of POST to try and get gps from cellphone. I wa trying to get an average time to get the position. at first it took approximately 3 min. Each check after was approximately 2 min. just wanted to get a feel for the accuracy. If the java application is attempting to send out my position; how long does it take to get my position? This determines the accuracy of the game. If it takes 2 minutes to get my position then the server won't realize I've detonated a mine until 2+min after I entered that location. The big question is how accurate do we need to be for a game?

This is an expected weekly schedule for the rest of the semester but is subject to be adjusted according to problems that arise:

week 6-7: finish java application for cellphone to send out GPS signal and loaded onto cellphone
week 8-9: have server receive signal and compare to hardcoded database
week 10-11: create PHP server to send e-mails when signal is sent
week 12-13: attempt to alter database on server(plant mines ) from cellphone
week 14: attempt an evaluation of game
week15-16: complete report and gather documentation regarding project

created some basic html pages for the server website something easy for us to add and refer to during the project. This is the url address
http://minegames.pcriot.com/

received cell phone back from Bryan Ito and testing to connect to internet