[Talk-GB] GPS longboat positioning

[Jez Nicholson]

Wordpress plugins are available to use OSM as a source for slippy maps, for
example https://wordpress.org/plugins/osm
<https://wordpress.org/plugins/osm/#description>/ There are more detail on
the web site http://wp-osm-plugin.hanblog.net/examples/display-gpx-file/ I
do not have personal experience of using it.

I don't know offhand of a way to automatically upload a GPS trace from a
phone to the Wordpress site....but someone else might. Alternatively you
could geotag blog posts or photos to generate a route on the map.

- Jez

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 21:29 Gareth L <o.i at live.co.uk> wrote:

> I’d not discount AIS. It’s deemed mostly for shipping because it’s
> mandatory if a vessel is over 300 gross tonnage, but it can be applied to
> canal boats, and even buildings!. An ais transponder is not the cheapest,
> typically £250-500, and may not compare well with a vessel of that size.
>
> People with a land based AIS receiver can usually share their feed on the
> internet and get free access to a global api, otherwise you need to pay to
> access the feed (similar to how you see in marinetraffic.com or
> vesseltracker.com). A map can be embedded and filtered on the vessel(s)
> wanted, if desired.
>
>
>
> For your immediate needs, https://locatoweb.com/en/features appears to do
> what’s wanted. An embeddable real time gps trace map for your website is
> available.
>
>
>
> This is not something I’ve ever had to use.. so I dunno if there are
> hidden fees beyond signup. It just states:
>
> *Limitations*
> This service is expensive to maintain and we reserve the rights to block
> excessive usage and abuse if necessary.
> LocaToWeb can be used for business purposes, but then a Business Account
> is required!
>
>
>
> But whether that applies to you? I’m unsure.
>
>
>
> Gareth
>
>
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> *From:* BD <dzidek23 at tlen.pl>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 5, 2019 7:43:56 PM
> *To:* talk gb
> *Subject:* [Talk-GB] GPS longboat positioning
>
> Hi all,
>
> please see below an email send to Anglia Linux User list. As this is more
> relevant to OSM forum I decided to paste it here.
>
> Phil Thane phil at pthane.co.uk przez
> <https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1311182?hl=pl> earth.li
>
> Hello all,
>
> As the N Wales and Wrexham recipients of this will know, I'm not a
> developer, the Anglian recipients probably don't know me at all but I moved
> here a couple of years ago. Over the last 15 years I've written a lot about
> Linux and FOSS for various magazines and websites, but I'm no expert, so
> bear with me.
>
> Now I'm mostly retired I have a river/canal cruiser. Last year I did a
> single-handed trip of about 10 days in each direction to a boat show. So
> that my family could keep track I enabled 'find my phone' on my mobile and
> gave them the login details. OK as far as it goes but not ideal obvs. I
> also blogged <https://pthane.co.uk/day-1/> each day and then wrote it all
> up for a boat magazine. This year I plan a longer trip - to the Llangollen
> International Eisteddfod - about 3 weeks each way. I've sorted out WIFi and
> a laptop charger on the boat so I can blog better, now I'd like to improve
> the mapping. The ideal would be a map I can embed in a WP page on my
> website, that updates every few minutes as I travel. GPS from either my
> phone, or if really necessary a dedicated GPS device.
>
> Does anyone know if such is already possible using OSM + plugins etc? I've
> had a quick look online but most advice refers to Google maps. Most of the
> rest gets very technical very quickly. Goes over my head.
>
> Plan B, is there a dev out there looking for a project? Unpaid and 'free'
> naturally! Would it feasible to create something like FlightRadar' that
> displayed boat positions on inland waterways? There is already
> marinetraffic.com for shipping, but that's way too big. I'm thinking of
> something boat owners could subscribe to that was available online and
> capable of being embedded in a webpage.
>
> --
> Phil
>
> Hopefully someone might have ideas, I'm interested myself as fair few
> other uses come to my mind.
>
> Cheers,
> Bart
>
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