How to store GPS coordinates from GPS device (iPhone, Android, WP7) to remote server?

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I'm very interested in all these location-aware based devices (all the new phones and other GPS devices) and am wondering how I can "track" a particular GPS device? For example, say I put this device in my car, is there a way I can harness those coordinates and send them to a server for later viewing? I can create a UI and map the coordinates accordingly, but not sure how to get the coordinates out of a particular device?

Let's say I have an iPhone/Android/WP7 phone, is there a way I can get those coordinates sent via a web service or so?

Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated!

UPDATE: I don't plan on having a UI on the device. I just need to "push"/get the coordinates to some server. With the data stored somewhere, I can then just create a web service and harness them in a browser application. Hope this helps.

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Are you looking to have an app that harvests the locations and pushes them to the server or something in the background without user interaction? – djg
Is this for your own personal use or for an app you want to distribute? if the former, have you looked at Google My Tracks on Android? – Stealth Rabbi
Thanks djg for you quick reply. I have updated my post. I don't need a UI on the device, just in the background will suffice. – user118190
Thanks Stealth Rabbi for your quick reply. I have updated my post with more details. For starters, it just for personal use (to prototype), but ultimately, I would like to distribute it (to enterprises and not for consumer use). – user118190

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I have a windows app that does this (desktop not phone). A timer fires every x seconds, grabs the location from the GPS and calls a web service that stores the info in a back-end database.

The process should be similar on a phone app. The only problem with windows phone is that it does not currently multi-task so you will not be able to have a hidden process running.

Android should be ok with a background task.

Not sure about iPhone.