Introduction

The function of the Open GeoSMS encoding standard is to facilitate communication of location content using the extended Short Message Service (SMS) feature between different LBS (Location-Based Service) devices or applications for achieving interoperable communications while still maintaining human readability of the content. Namely, any application or service can simply leverage an extended SMS message using the Open GeoSMS format.

With this Open GeoSMS SDK, developers can easily take advantage of the convenience of Open GeoSMS. There are several major navigation services/softwares in Taiwan support Open GeoSMS such as Naviking and Fareastone navigation service, and more. Using Open GeoSMS SDK allows the developers to send and receive location information with this international open standard between different platforms, it works even for Man-to-Machine (M2M) or server-based solutions.

For more information about Open GeoSMS, please reference the introduction slides at download section.

Utilization

Open GeoSMS SDK works for Google Android system and has the following open interfaces to developers:

• Reader : This interface retrieves the Android SMS Inbox and returning a list of Open GeoSMS format objects, which are the SMS that compliant with Open GeoSMS standard.

• Writer : This interface allows developers to new an OpenGeoSMS object with coordinates and some extra information. Thus, the developers can quickly compose an Open GeoSMS compliant SMS for LBS applications.

For more information, please reference the download section about the programming manual of Open GeoSMS SDK.