Description
Track your boat with AIS, Iridium, Garmin InReach SPOT, E-mail and embed a live map on your website with this Skipperblogs WordPress plugin.
Your position will be live updated anywhere in the world with custom messages and weather. Map statistics shows the total distance sailed, average speed etc… as well as visited countries.
Perfect for a travel website to highlight your sailing achievements.
While the free version of Skipperblogs allows you to create a map, import GPX files, and edit your track with a powerful editor, the Premium version allow you to automatically update your position through marine trackers like AIS, Iridium etc.
In order to display the map your must create a free account on Skipperblogs. This plugin will send your MapId to fetch your navigation data from Skipperblogs and display it on your WordPress site.
It uses Leaflet.js to display the navigation data on OpenStreetMap tiles layer.
Adding the map
Simply display the map in your content with the shortcode:
[boat-tracker]
The above shortcode will display a map centered on the last position of your boat.
To customize the map dimension add the following attributes to the short code
[boat-tracker width="200" width="100%"]<h3>Personalize the map</h3>
Log-in to your Skipperblogs’ account and open the map editor under Dashboard > Navigation > Map
There you can change your boat icon, track style, map background and many more.
Free version
- Interactive map
- Manual tracking
- Customize map background and traces
- Track editor to freely edit your trace
- Import GPS trace from GPX files, PredictWind, Saiblogs, FollowingSea, Farkwar
- And more
Explore the full list of Skipperblogs features.
Premium & Pro version
- Automatic tracking
- AIS
- Iridium
- Mobile App
- Garmin InReach
- SPOT
- Telegram
- Skymate
- SSB radio
- API
- Windy Weather map
- Custom boat icon
- Automatic visited countries
- And more
Unlock advanced features with Skipperblogs Premium or Pro.
OUR USERS LOVE IT!
We are proud to have near perfect 5/5 score on Trustpilot:
“I think it’s a great app for keeping track of your sail trips, both past, current and future. Unlike most (or rather all) apps, the map can be embedded on other websites. Also love the track details,” – L.Delboca
“We are very happy with our new website and Alain has been a real star helping us build it and making modifications to suit our needs. For us, one of the main attractions is that we can send photos to the website using email – even from our very slow IridiumGo. Alain has always been very quick with responses to our requests and has given very good explanations and guidance.” – Andrez Short S/V Kelper
Terms of use
While this plugin is distributed under GNU-GPLv2 licence, the use of skipperblogs.com services remains under the acceptance of terms of use and privacy policies:
https://www.skipperblogs.com/terms
https://www.skipperblogs.com/terms/privacy
Screenshots
The last position of the boat feature weather conditions, country and an optional message 
Windy Weather as map background 
The map can be configured to show, when loading, your entire voyage 
Map statistics are automatically calculated and updated. 
Plugin settings in Wordpress dashboard 
The map editor let your freely edit your tracks and personalize your map 
Your position can be updated via different services at the same time
Installation
- Choose to add a new plugin, then click upload
- Upload the boat-tracker zip file
- Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Create a Skipperblogs account
- Retrieve your Map ID on https://www.skipperblogs.com/dashboard/nav/map/share and paste it in the WordPress plugin configuration
- Use the shortcode
[boat-tracker]in your pages or posts to display the live map
FAQ
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Is there a free version?
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Yes, absolutely! you can create a free account here, setup your map and embed it on your WordPress site.
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Can I add a message to a marker?
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Yes, with E-mail and SSB tracking, you can send a message with your position report that will be show on the map marker (speed and heading data are also supported).
You can also add your message and data with the map editor. -
How do I personalize the map ?
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Log in to your Skipperblogs’ account and go to Dashboard > Navigation > Map. Click on “Map” tab.
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Do you provide support?
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Yes! Just use the contact form here and you will get assistance by E-mail most of the time within 24h.
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Additional questions?
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For more FAQs, please visit our support portal here.
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Contributors & Developers
“Boat Tracker” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0
- First Version. Basic map creation