GPS
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so i'd like to be able to track my hikes and bike tours. sometimes i can go for a few weeks on a tour and i'd like to have a sub-website that i can share privately to friends and families so they can see where i am and track my progress. for the software and web, this is no problem.. but i'm stuck on the hardware.
i have an old android phone that i can use as a gps receiver. and i have an arduino. i'm also okay to buy different hardware to accomplish this.. i just don't know where to start. how can will i broadcast my gps signal, or upload my gps data to a server? will i have to buy a 4g/3g data plan or something similar? this is the hardware kind of information i am looking at, and i'd love any recommendations
thanks
>>55631880
Just use Strava. You can change the privacy settings to your liking. You didn't have to ask if you were capable of taking on such a project. And your plan sounds ridiculous desu.
>>55631880
You don't even need anything, Google is passively tracking all your phone location for their business, they're kind enough to let you have a look at their botnet with Location History
>>55632137
Would just like to add that your battery will probably on work for a few hours if you're using the GPS constantly.
So you might want to bring a lightweight laptop to set to hibernation mode and charge your phone with.
And you need a phone that supports GLONASS which is far superior to just using GPS.
GPS and other data can be saved and uploaded at a later moment so you don't need mobile data per se.
