Tag: Open Layers

The github repo has been updated. Some of the code will not match what is currently in the repo.

An idea that I have had for awhile is a RunKeeper like application that runs completely in the browser. This is not due to any inherit issues with the RunKeeper application, just more of a proof-of-concept. HTML 5 makes this easy. We can save old runs and run without an Internet connection making it almost a native app.

The only phone I have tested this with is an iPhone 4S as that is the only phone I have access to. It should work with an iPhone 4 and possibly a 3GS, but I cannot say for sure. Android should work as well as it should support everything I am doing with HTML 5 and javascript. Desktops can also try it out if you are using any modern browser: Chrome, FireFox, or Safari. You won’t get a path and possibly get an error if your browser cannot get a location. I have tested it in IE and it does not work. I have no plans to try and make it work as the only place I was trying to make it work was the iPhone. Although not supporting IE has made the code a lot cleaner.

RunKeeper in the browser: RunBrowser

HTML 5 – almost a native app

HTML 5 gives us many new methods to make a webpage an application. Before HTML 5 there were many workarounds to make a webpage do what we wanted it to. Now they are built right into the browser. The first thing I am going to cover is application cache. Continue reading “HTML 5 run tracking application”