Hi Phil,
I have a book at home called "Mapping Hacks", and I'm sure there is something in there that would do what you want. When I get home I'll have a look. I know you said Marine Traffic is too big but if you install the OnCourse app (link below) then it will automatically upload your position to Marine Traffic and people can track you from there. This is for Android, not sure if it's available for other platforms? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marinetraffic.iais (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/1549635300.local-67b20a39-ac6f-v1.5.5-b7...) If it's just a select group of people then you can also share your position with the Family Locator app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.life360.android.safetymapd (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/1549635300.local-67b20a39-ac6f-v1.5.5-b7...) , but probably unable to publish your position on a webpage? I'll have a look at the mapping hacks book later. Good luck Captain. Martin
On Jan 29 2019, at 10:39 am, Phil Thane phil@pthane.co.uk wrote:
Hello all,
As the N Wales and Wrexham recipients of this will know, I'm not a developer, the Anglian recipients probably don't know me at all but I moved here a couple of years ago. Over the last 15 years I've written a lot about Linux and FOSS for various magazines and websites, but I'm no expert, so bear with me.
Now I'm mostly retired I have a river/canal cruiser. Last year I did a single-handed trip of about 10 days in each direction to a boat show. So that my family could keep track I enabled 'find my phone' on my mobile and gave them the login details. OK as far as it goes but not ideal obvs. I also blogged (https://link.getmailspring.com/link/1549635300.local-67b20a39-ac6f-v1.5.5-b7...) each day and then wrote it all up for a boat magazine. This year I plan a longer trip - to the Llangollen International Eisteddfod - about 3 weeks each way. I've sorted out WIFi and a laptop charger on the boat so I can blog better, now I'd like to improve the mapping. The ideal would be a map I can embed in a WP page on my website, that updates every few minutes as I travel. GPS from either my phone, or if really necessary a dedicated GPS device.
Does anyone know if such is already possible using OSM + plugins etc? I've had a quick look online but most advice refers to Google maps. Most of the rest gets very technical very quickly. Goes over my head.
Plan B, is there a dev out there looking for a project? Unpaid and 'free' naturally! Would it feasible to create something like FlightRadar' that displayed boat positions on inland waterways? There is already marinetraffic.com for shipping, but that's way too big. I'm thinking of something boat owners could subscribe to that was available online and capable of being embedded in a webpage.
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