Nick writes -You recently put up a link to Alex's Mobile GPS tracker article - it used an extra microcontroller which was not strictly necessary since the GM862-GPS features an inbuilt Python interpreter. My article describes the process for developing with Python on the GM862-GPS, and also includes the source code for an application that allows the tracker units position to be queried / reported back via SMS.Developing a vehicle tracker with the Telit GM862-GPS module - Link.
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/08/developing_a_vehicle_trac.html