I occasionally participate in long distance sports events and I'm looking for an application that will track my location, speed and direction and periodically upload this information to a web server. I'd use Latitude but it only publishes location and not the history, and would also require that my friends and family would have to sign up, which most wouldn't.
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GPS tracking app with log publishing
- Thread starter iamroddo
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Google My Tracks works great for this - it can upload your completed tracks to your google account as spreadsheets (google docs) and as overlays on google maps. Handy - be aware though that using the GPS like this tends to chew through battery, so for long distance events you may run into trouble with battery life (though in My Tracks there are some settings you can change which will likely save some power at the cost of accuracy/detail - I haven't tried this, since I usually don't run more than forty minutes 
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I want an app that will upload while I am participating, not after it is complete. The events are sufficiently long (10-90 hours) to make this of importance. Battery drain is a concern but I have a solution for this.
I'll check out Cardiotrainer on my cycle home from work but I think it is like Google My Tracks in that it uploads completed tracks only.
I'll check out Cardiotrainer on my cycle home from work but I think it is like Google My Tracks in that it uploads completed tracks only.
I haven't tried it, but check out InstaMapper...
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Also check out Glympse. It lets you share your location and the person you share it with doesn't have to install software or sign up for a service, just view a webpage. If I remember, it displays some history, but not all.... It constantly sends data, so it will eat your battery, but sounds like you have a solution for that.
I use it when driving home (6 hour drive). I leave my phone on the car charger and it works good.
I use it when driving home (6 hour drive). I leave my phone on the car charger and it works good.
I am using OpenGPSTracker and storing my tracks on Breadcrumbs. It lets you view your tracks in 3D and you can either share a page with all your stats through Facebook, Twitter or just send an email with the link to it.