Self-Hosted GPS Tracker
* server.
You need a self-hosted web server on which you're allowed to install this kind of script which records GPS coordinates (latitude, longitude) : https://github.com/herverenault/Self-Hosted-GPS-Tracker/blob/master/server-side/gps.php
Then, do what you want with those coordinates. It's *your
* data.For example, you can put these PHP scripts on your server in order to show your family or friend where you are on a Google map : https://github.com/herverenault/Self-Hosted-GPS-Tracker/tree/master/server-sideIt may be useful, for instance, if you're alone doing sport in an isolated area : in case of emergency (injury or failure), your family may locate you easily on the map. Provided you have GPS signal and data connectivity (4G, H+, 3G, EDGE...).
This app is NOT meant to be a stealth tracker, or to be forced upon a user. So, please don't ask me how to hide it from the user, or how to prevent the user from closing the app.
I put a demo on http://herverenault.fr/self-hosted-gps-tracker/demo/i-am-hereTo see your position on this page, enter http://herverenault.fr/gps in the app on your phone (or tablet). It's an anonymous URL, so if you're not the only one doing it, you may see the location of another anonymous user.
Side-note: There are plenty of apps which do the same, for example Open GPS Tracker. But I wanted an app
* which sends my position to my server, and only my server
* which does not download any map on my phone and thus does not go over my 3G plan
* the most simple ever : just enter URL, enable 3G and GPS and go !
And then, I wanted to do it just for fun. If you're interested in it, source code in available on https://github.com/herverenault/Self-Hosted-GPS-Tracker under Free Software license GPL v3.
This is not a product, I don't sell it, there's no ad. It's only code sharing. Enjoy.
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Reviews (17)
Developer designed the app as described.
This is exactly what I was looking for!! Super easy to implement, gives me the GPS coords to whatever I want with. I got a cool project I want to see if I can create. :)
Had been searching for this since a long time, Really nice work!
Awesome. Just what I needed to get my home automation project up and running!
bro can this app run when the android sleep?? because its always show text tracker is enable when my phone on.. thx before
Just the thing i was looking for. Could you please add an optional identifier as a parameter.
exactly what I need
How do you set up the server
Hello the owner of this app, can i get you email so tht i can ask you some questions regarding of this marvelous app?
Can this app work at background and remotely on gps. Have setup everything but cant receive data.
great if you could password protect app from been disabled, great piece of kit, but the user could simple disable the app and then no data would be sent, can you add a password protection to the APP? CHEERS
Really simple and does what it has to. I can't even undersand why there are no more apps like this. Suggestion: it would be really awesome and helpful if the app would append other useful info to the URL like battery status (e.g. &bat=90). This wouldn't break anything, it's just there to use whoever needs it. This could be optional based on a setting but if it is always there, it doesn't hurt anyone. Thanks for the app!
I tried setting it on my server but the gps.php did not receive any parameter.Please help.
As a web site developer, this is the perfect app. It logs my current GPS position on my own server exactly as described. I wrote my own pages that use the data and display my data on a Google map. Just what I needed!!
I'm planning to integrate the app with my own map.
Worked the first time I tried. Thank you, I've been trying to find an app to do just this.
Does exactly what it is supposed to, no bullshit. The idea of the self hosted web interface is excellent. No stupid "cloud" and "share with your friends on whatever platform.