Try www.greenalp.com
It's worked well for me. An example is under 'tracking' on http://cchd.co.uk/uganda but beware with images - the server is a raspberry pi on a 400K upload line.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 12:00, main-request@lists.alug.org.uk wrote:
Today's Topics:
- realtime GSM mapping (Phil Thane)
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:39:45 +0000 From: Phil Thane phil@pthane.co.uk To: North Wales LUG northwales@mailman.lug.org.uk, Wrexham LUG relay@wrexham-lug.org, main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] realtime GSM mapping Message-ID: 1548758385.27559.18.camel@pthane.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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 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.
-- Phil
May well be the answer, it appears that (for now) they allow one to embed their map in another site. I'll test it. Thanks.On Wed, 2019-02-06 at 14:05 +0000, Christopher Dawkins wrote:
Try www.greenalp.com
It's worked well for me. An example is under 'tracking' on http://cchd.co.uk/uganda but beware with images - the server is a raspberry pi on a 400K upload line.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 12:00, main-request@lists.alug.org.uk wrote:
Today's Topics:
1. realtime GSM mapping (Phil Thane)
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:39:45 +0000 From: Phil Thane phil@pthane.co.uk To: North Wales LUG northwales@mailman.lug.org.uk, Wrexham LUG relay@wrexham-lug.org, main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] realtime GSM mapping Message-ID: 1548758385.27559.18.camel@pthane.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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 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.
-- Phil
Update.
Greenalp's Android app works fine, and displays on their website. To embed in another site they need to unlock my username. The website says one should contact them. I've sent two emails, a post to the support forum and piggy-backed a comment on a forum post requesting an unlock that was granted last year. So far no reply.
-- PhilOn Mon, 2019-02-11 at 11:13 +0000, Phil Thane wrote:
May well be the answer, it appears that (for now) they allow one to embed their map in another site. I'll test it. Thanks.On Wed, 2019- 02-06 at 14:05 +0000, Christopher Dawkins wrote:
Try www.greenalp.com
It's worked well for me. An example is under 'tracking' on http://cchd.co.uk/uganda but beware with images - the server is a raspberry pi on a 400K upload line.
On Wed, 6 Feb 2019 at 12:00, main-request@lists.alug.org.uk wrote:
Today's Topics:
1. realtime GSM mapping (Phil Thane)
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 10:39:45 +0000 From: Phil Thane phil@pthane.co.uk To: North Wales LUG northwales@mailman.lug.org.uk, Wrexham LUG relay@wrexham-lug.org, main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] realtime GSM mapping Message-ID: 1548758385.27559.18.camel@pthane.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
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 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.
-- Phil
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