Build PHP Web site to monitor UAV data sent via gprs by a phyton script

[raven47]

Hello!
I am trying to do a School educational project, but I am paralised without knowing what to do and how to do the following:

The project consists on a R/C airplane model with a celular Telit module (i.e GM862/3) that has to send every 3 to 4 sec some data (position, altitude, speed, course, bearing etc etc). The Telit module will have a Python script that will send all that data to a website (public IP - static).

Here is the part where I am just paralised!
- Build a Website to receive online gprs data from a celular Telit module GM862/3 or any other celular module like the libelium gprs module for arduino etc.
- The Website has to display the airplane's position on a google map.
- The Website has to save all gprs data to a mysql database.

Obs1: There was a thread in this folder intitled "Receiving uploaded GPRS data through a socket (Python)" by gpstrack that has a small approach.

Thanks in advance

[cybrax]

Sounds a bit of a 'Rat Hole' egineering project.

Best advice I can give is go have a word with the lads over at http://www.electro-tech-online.com/

There are rules regarding the maximum power allowable for off the shelf R/C (Radio Control) transmitters, giving typically an operational radius of one mile. So GPS data every 3 to 4 seconds not much use, save for finding where it crashed when you lost sight of it.

Of course the model aircraft world has become rather high-tech with onboard sensors and simple microcomputer technology allowing even novices to pilot models that were either unstable aerodynamically or complex to otherwise operate eg helicopters. Such a model with enough onboard 'brains' to fly straight and level on it's own would be an ideal candidate for tele-prescence operation beyond the one mile mark.

Without wading through all the Telit module PDF data sheets it's hard to say wether this a suitable device for task at hand, personally I would explore using a commercial smart phone with 3G capability and features that include GPS. Learn to walk before you try running, amend the project from aircraft to wheeled rover. This avoids lots of problems particulary with the all up mass and legal problems arising from insurance.