Real time location

Yes, that what it’s for!

She would have to use a mobile app (TrackMe, OruxMaps, OsmAnd) to publish her location, and the web site can display a map with her latest location on it.

See demos of what Trackserver can do here:
https://www.grendelman.net/wp/trackserver-wordpress-plugin/

All the way at the bottom is a ‘live tracking’ example. The track, which is shown as a dashed line in the demo, can also be made completely transparent, so you will only see the current location.

Cheers,
Martijn.

Hi Martijn,

ok great! Few questions though:
-we need to use the app to publish the location, right? I don’t want to use the phone of my wife, but I want a fixed gps tracker in the bus. Therefore, I need to have a phone with a sim with the app installed and it works?
-is it possible to see the exact address when onhovering over the location?
-I see that you use open street maps instead of Google maps. Is it possible to fill in
your address to see how far the bus is from this address with a route?

Regards,

Bas

we need to use the app to publish the location, right? I don’t want to use the phone of my wife, but I want a fixed gps tracker in the bus. Therefore, I need to have a phone with a sim with the app installed and it works?

Yes, Trackserver only works with a limited number of apps, most for Android and one for iOS (SendLocation). You’ll need mobile data on your subscription, of course.

is it possible to see the exact address when onhovering over the location?

No, currently it isn’t. What you are talking about is called ‘reverse geocoding’. There is no code in Trackserver to do that. An external service would be needed for that, it’s not entirely trivial to implement. Please open a feature request issue on Github if you really need it.

I see that you use open street maps instead of Google maps.

Yes, Google doesn’t allow for Maps to be used the way Trackserver uses maps without a paid subscription.

Is it possible to fill in
your address to see how far the bus is from this address with a route?

No, sorry, that is a bit beyond Trackservers goals. I’m not sure what that would look like, exactly, but I guess a link to Google Maps would be an easy solution. That wouldn’t be hard to implement, but I’m not sure it belongs in Trackserver.

Best regards,
Martijn.

Hi Martijn,

ok thx for the replies, I’ll try Trackserver to see if it works for us!
Regards Bas

Great, let me know how it goes!

Cheers,
Martijn.