It tracks devices around on a map and records stats about them. Used by fleet managers to monitor thousands of vehicles simultaneous, and also people like me with just two. The interface is a little quirky, but otherwise it’s a very solid and capable program. It shows a web map with live positions of the devices, battery state, speed, direction and other datapoints.
My wife and I like to know where the other is because we both do dangerous shit solo. (She horseriding, me motorbiking, and we’ve both got health conditions). I get notifications when she enters any number of geofences, and can see where she is at any time - and vice versa. This has eased anxiety for both of us.
Initially we used Life360 which is a nice and easy app to use. Then we found out that they sell your information to actively work against you. Not just basic stuff for advertising, but your driving habits, speed, style, accelleration rates - to car insurance companies so they can raise your policy costs, or potentially deny your claim entirely. (Just one reference but there’s heaps more)
So we went self-hosted. Traccar is free and I keep our information private. Install a small app on your phone and register it, and done. Or it integrates with dozens of commercial and open source tracking systems.
Disclaimer - not involved with the project, just a user and a fan.
(Just noticed my wife’s left her phone behind when she went off riding… I guess no system’s perfect!)
One of my few remaining Google dependencies is maps and timeline. I just like having that data somewhere and most of the FOSS stuff I’ve seen previously is piecemeal at best. Will have to play with this.
Traccar - a GPS tracker.
It tracks devices around on a map and records stats about them. Used by fleet managers to monitor thousands of vehicles simultaneous, and also people like me with just two. The interface is a little quirky, but otherwise it’s a very solid and capable program. It shows a web map with live positions of the devices, battery state, speed, direction and other datapoints.
My wife and I like to know where the other is because we both do dangerous shit solo. (She horseriding, me motorbiking, and we’ve both got health conditions). I get notifications when she enters any number of geofences, and can see where she is at any time - and vice versa. This has eased anxiety for both of us.
Initially we used Life360 which is a nice and easy app to use. Then we found out that they sell your information to actively work against you. Not just basic stuff for advertising, but your driving habits, speed, style, accelleration rates - to car insurance companies so they can raise your policy costs, or potentially deny your claim entirely. (Just one reference but there’s heaps more)
So we went self-hosted. Traccar is free and I keep our information private. Install a small app on your phone and register it, and done. Or it integrates with dozens of commercial and open source tracking systems.
Disclaimer - not involved with the project, just a user and a fan.
(Just noticed my wife’s left her phone behind when she went off riding… I guess no system’s perfect!)
Neat!
One of my few remaining Google dependencies is maps and timeline. I just like having that data somewhere and most of the FOSS stuff I’ve seen previously is piecemeal at best. Will have to play with this.
Yay, I’m not the only one!
When was the last time we went to Disney? Wait let me open my timeline.
Hell, I don’t even need it to be as fancy as Google maps. Just give me dots on a map and let me filter by date.