It is robust and offers some interesting features beyond tracking. TrackMe is available for Windows Phone as well as Android. OR an open protocol specification or a protocol that is easy to reverse-engineer, so I can build the server component myself. AND a matching a server component that can put the location data in a database,.This post is categorized in ‘ Nerd Stuff‘ for a reason □ My location data is mine and no one else’s, and I would like to decide how I consume the data and if/how I share my location. Hosted services, like the once popular but now deceased Google Latitude or InstaMapper are not interesting to me. The solutions I am interested in should be able to do live online tracking to a self-hosted location, meaning the Android app should offer the possibility to enter a custom hostname or URL. It triggered me to do a short survey of the Android landscape, since it appears that more apps have popped up since I last looked. I was unfamiliar with OruxMaps, but it has a zillion features and it looks great in general. The other day, I was discussing the subject with a friend who is looking for a similar solution and has been using OruxMaps for offline tracking. Since long I have been interested in live online location tracking using my Android phone and I have been using a collection of software components that makes this possible for a while. Tags: android, GPS, oruxmaps, osmand, plugin, tracking, trackme, wordpress
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