custom live tracking service for Locus

[tartiflix]

Hi,
I set up a custom live tracking service for Locus.
It can be accessed at https://arkluz.com/trk
Let me know if there is any issue with it!
thanks

[Saturo]

Really nice. I made a test and it works very good. What are the further plans of this service?

[tartiflix]

No special plan; I set it up for my own use and for my friends, but if it is useful to others...

[Saturo]

Ah okay, thanks!
Can i delete the old tracks so than i only see the last one?

[tartiflix]

There is a single track per day; you can't reset it.

If you view the track from the main page (entering the group and user name), you view today's track.

If you (or rather, if the email's recipient) view the track by clicking the link in the received email, he sees your track for that day (the email will be sent once, for each day you record a track). The tracks are deleted from the server after 7 days.

The email addresses are of course not collected, nor used for any other purpose.

[Dekaru]

I've run a few tests on this and I like what I see!

One issue though: I've added an e-mail to the e-mail field but I'm not receiving the alert e-mails. (Edit: Today when testing again I did receive the e-mail! I guess it only sends the e-mail on the first daily startup, which the other day I hadn't configured the e-mail address yet, also another suggestion, a way to change the displayed timezone)

And one suggestion! It would be amazing if we could upload a GPX track(via the web interface) so the viewer could know the planned route for the day and easily compare that with our current position.

[tartiflix]

I guess it only sends the e-mail on the first daily startup

True; if you need to change the email address, either wait for the next day, or choose a new group name or a new user name

another suggestion, a way to change the displayed timezone

No way to change the time zone, but the local time zone will now be used (i.e., the time zone at the location the tracking started, and at the time the tracking started, in case there is a border crossing or a daylight saving time change during the tracking...)

You now need to register (this is free) a group name with a password to avoid problems if multiple users try to use the same group name.

It would be amazing if we could upload a GPX track

I will think about this, thanks for the suggestion!

[tartiflix]

It would be amazing if we could upload a GPX track(via the web interface) so the viewer could know the planned route

This has now been implemented! You can also add a textual comment that will be added to the notification email, e.g. the expected time of arrival.

Can i delete the old tracks so than i only see the last one?

Tracks are automatically deleted after 7 days, but you may now delete them immediately from the web interface.