davidkellis/gpstracker

GPS tracker app

gpstracker

A proof of concept GPS tracker app intended to be used in conjunction with https://github.com/davidkellis/arduinotracker.

This app is the server side location tracking app, and https://github.com/davidkellis/arduinotracker is the GPS coordinate updater app.

Setup

1. Install node.js

brew install node

2. Install dependencies

npm install

3. Configure the application by setting the appropriate values in the config/config.js file.

Using config/config.sample.js as a template, save a copy as config/config.js, and then replace the config.web.port with the desired server port, and replace the config.mapbox.accessToken with a mapbox.com access token that belongs to you (you need to go register for an account at mapbox.com in order to get an API access token).

4. Run server application

node app.js

5. Configure your tracking device (i.e. the device that the target carries in order to track their GPS coordinates) to periodically make a GET request to your server at the URL: http://yourserverIP:3000/checkin/[target ID]/[LATITUDE]/[LONGITUDE]

For example, the tracker device might publish to http://yourserverIP:3000/checkin/123/[LATITUDE]/[LONGITUDE]

6. Open the webapp in a web browser that supports location tracking (e.g. on your phone).

For example, in Chrome or Firefox, navigate to http://yourserverIP:3000/track/123, to track the location of target 123.