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Re: Le Mans App
« Reply #15 on: May 12, 2016, 10:01:38 am »
I'm sure that I saw a local WiFi on Houx last year - did anyone use it?

Did one of the corporate campsites have their own wifi I wonder?

Does anyone know anyone staying at Stalagluft IV on BN?
They might have wifi.  ;)

If I did know anyone camping there then I would not admit it publicly!  ;D
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Re: Le Mans App
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2016, 03:07:59 am »

Does anyone know anyone staying at Stalagluft IV on BN?
They might have wifi.  ;)
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If I did know anyone camping there then I would not admit it publicly!  ;D
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 ;D ;D ;D Thanks Landman my thoughts exactly. Ofcourse if you happen to overhear the code let us know  ;D ;D
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Re: Le Mans App
« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2016, 11:28:34 am »

Did we decide that we couldn't turn the guide into an app?  Is there a copyright issue?

I bought the Le Mans 24h by Robert Bech from the Apple Store

This has a fraction of the information in the guide, in fact probably about 4 pages worth, but no more.

We could do a lot better with only a little effort.

Thoughts and views?

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Re: Le Mans App
« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2016, 02:25:21 pm »

Did we decide that we couldn't turn the guide into an app?  Is there a copyright issue?

I bought the Le Mans 24h by Robert Bech from the Apple Store

This has a fraction of the information in the guide, in fact probably about 4 pages worth, but no more.

We could do a lot better with only a little effort.

Thoughts and views?

Aricus



That might depend on what you include.  If, for example, there was information/data lifted from the ACO's website then yes there's a copyright issue.

But if we are simply seeking to digitise our own collective wisdom then I suspect that there's no issue.

Against any possible revenue stream we need to keep an eye on costs, unless we have some clever souls who do this sort of thing for a living?

I have paid for and downloaded the last few year's of The Guide.  My only criticism is that it's a very large document due, I guess, to the fantastic photos that are inserted.

As a result I wonder if there could be a "lite" version of the guide that trims down the size of the PDF to something more manageable?  I'm no techno expert but suspect that if the photos are of a lower resolution or even if they are omitted from the "lite" version then the file will be that much smaller?
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Re: Le Mans App
« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2016, 10:04:01 pm »

Parking the copyright issues fir now.

I've looked into this a bit, well, bought my local wire head a coffee.....

It seems that if we were to create an app that accessed the data in the guide that was held centrally on a server then that is relatively simple using something like Wordpress.

But if we wanted the data and the app together so that the user doesn't incur data roaming charges then that is rather more complicated.

And then there's Apple and Android platforms to consider.

Do we have any CAers that are familiar with app dev?

Aricus
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