For real time monitoring you could have a look at https://osmo.mobi/ I can't find the english version of the website but the app has pretty good reviews: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.OsMoDroid
Ciao, dan Il giorno gio 10 gen 2019 alle ore 12:50 Jorieke Vyncke < jorieke.vyn...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hi all, > > @Ivan that sounds interesting! Could you tell me more? > The other suggestions are forwarded, thank you again. Last is looking at > them and will feedback soon! > He was already impressed what you collected: "Wow... thanks @Jorieke! Let > me look into the feedback" was his reaction this morning. > > And to Donal his points: I'm not sure about the context in Zimbabwe, but > from my point of view using a GPS tracking system is indeed on the one hand > a system that serves as control mechanism for drivers, but on the other > hand it also serves as planning and budgeting tool, and most importantly > also for security purposes for our people in the car. This latest makes it > also difficult to just share the GPS traces that our teams take. It is a > way the security of our staff can be damaged, so not so straightforward. > > All the best, > > Jorieke > > > > > Op do 10 jan. 2019 om 10:10 schreef Donal Hunt <donal.h...@gmail.com>: > >> I would echo Laurent's words. Deploy the solution that you need and >> figure out the funding issues. Doing something like SMS-based reporting or >> emailing data around the place will just move the cost burden elsewhere, be >> more brittle and probably not get you what you want at the end of the day. >> >> The initial problem statement seems to focus on how to verify the trust >> that is being put in the partner undertaking the work. There are many many >> ways to do that and technology is not always the answer. It would be >> interesting to understand what other options have been identified and why >> GPS-tracking has been decided on as the most effective means of delivering >> the end result. If the GPS data being collected is also making it's way >> back into the OSM ecosystem, that value should not be discounted. >> >> Kind regards >> >> Donal >> >> On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 21:19, Laurent Savaete <laur...@where.tf> wrote: >> >>> Hey Jorieke, >>> >>> What your question describes sounds like fleet management. I just found >>> https://www.traccar.org/ which looks pretty well maintained (88 >>> contributors on github, latest code update only a few hours ago), is >>> open-source and seems to provide exactly what you're after, without having >>> to reinvent the wheel. >>> >>> Hope this helps, >>> >>> Laurent >>> >>> >>> On 09/01/2019 19:22, John Whelan wrote: >>> >>> In Windows you can use a script to copy the files, compress them and >>> send them. >>> >>> Android should have something equivalent. If not Microsoft Visual >>> Studio 2017 can build something that will run on android. >>> >>> We seem to be forever seeing requests from students to write software >>> for OSM and HOT as a project. >>> >>> This one is a natural. >>> >>> Enabling GPS tracking is heavy on a battery life but you can buy power >>> packs quite cheaply to extend the life. I wouldn't connect it to the car >>> battery, the voltage fluctuates to much and it will shorten the smartphone >>> life down. >>> >>> So basically you want a program that will grab the GPS tracks every x >>> minutes and compress them. Technically zip is fine but the problem with >>> zips is they can carry malware so use something else and gmail won't accept >>> them anyway. >>> >>> Then it should just email these back to the server. There should be an >>> API to allow the software to write to something like Gmail on the >>> smartphone. >>> >>> When gmail finds a connection it will send the messages home. No >>> fingers needed other than to connect to Wifi for gmail. This one is the >>> simplest. >>> >>> https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/guides/sending has got the >>> basics. >>> >>> The other way is to use the signal that the phone uses to connect to the >>> mast. There are 140 / 160 characters at the end of the packet which are >>> unused. This is the basis of SMS text messaging. In Europe, North America >>> phone plans often come with unlimited SMS text messaging, Africa maybe >>> different. The advantage is you can collect the data in real time. The >>> disadvantage is the store and forward method of email is a bit more robust. >>> >>> There are SMS APIs that will run on a smartphone but my impression is >>> these vary according to the phone so an SMS based solution that ran on any >>> phone might be more difficult to build but someone who knows more about SMS >>> might be in a better position to sort something out. >>> >>> Cheerio John >>> >>> Jorieke Vyncke wrote on 2019-01-09 10:48 AM: >>> >>> Thanks a lot for all your suggestions! >>> I suppose easy to use is core, so options with manually copying traces >>> is probably not the best solution. >>> However I will forward all your suggestions to Last, and will leave it >>> up to him to decide what is the best option for them on the ground! >>> >>> If there are more ideas, they still welcome :) >>> Thanks a lot! >>> >>> Jorieke >>> >>> Op wo 9 jan. 2019 om 14:26 schreef Pierre Béland <pierz...@yahoo.fr>: >>> >>>> Hi Jorieke >>>> >>>> There are small vehicule gps logger, some very precise reading various >>>> satellite networks. I tried a Columbus. It did work very well but could not >>>> replace the battery. >>>> >>>> Search simply for vehicule gps logger. This Ebay link show various >>>> models, some with an USB connection and / or sim card. >>>> https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=vehicle+gps+data+logger >>>> >>>> regard >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Pierre >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing >>> listHOT@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Postbox >>> <https://www.postbox-inc.com/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=siglink&utm_campaign=reach> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing >>> listHOT@openstreetmap.orghttps://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >> _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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