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I would like to find an app to upload to my website (when I launch it)where I could show our on-going travels.  Ideally, I could drop a pin and the app would "connect the dots" or draw a line and it would keep up with our route continuously.  I've looked at a couple of apps, but nothing seems like it can be used perpetually.  Also, I looked on google maps, but couldn't figure out how to have an on-going map.  Any ideas O' might Rv-ers?  

 

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The only help I have to offer is, I know a full-timing family who does exactly what you want. Down-side, I don't know the program they use.

This may work, you'll determine that: http://www.mapsalive.com/LearningCenter/GeographicMaps.aspx

 

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6 minutes ago, Ray,IN said:

The only help I have to offer is, I know a full-timing family who does exactly what you want. Down-side, I don't know the program they use.

This may work, you'll determine that: http://www.mapsalive.com/LearningCenter/GeographicMaps.aspx

Thanks

 

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Just phoned my friend, he said they stopped using theirs for privacy/security reasons.

 

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On 3/9/2017 at 8:09 PM, Ray,IN said:

Just phoned my friend, he said they stopped using theirs for privacy/security reasons.

Did they specify what kind off issues they had?  The only kind I can think of is if you own a S&B house and it's an indicator you won't be there or if you post where your going ahead of time instead of posting where you've been.  Since we don't own a house, and we plan to post the location after we leave then I'm not sure how there would be a security issue. If you have more info, that would be great.  If you have the name of what they used, I'd still like it.  Thanks!

 

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19 hours ago, Nomad Hiker said:

Did they specify what kind off issues they had?  The only kind I can think of is if you own a S&B house and it's an indicator you won't be there or if you post where your going ahead of time instead of posting where you've been.  Since we don't own a house, and we plan to post the location after we leave then I'm not sure how there would be a security issue. If you have more info, that would be great.  If you have the name of what they used, I'd still like it.  Thanks!

If I remember correctly it was a real-time tracking program.I have no idea how it worked. He didn't name the program.

 

 

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22 hours ago, Ray,IN said:

Ya, I I probably misrepresented what I'm truly looking for.  Not tracking, but just something I can drop pins to keep up with it.  Not something that tracks us as we go.  I can certainly see how that would be an issue.

 

 

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I emailed him again and he said he used a feature of Google maps, but it was discontinued a few years ago. I was wrong about him stopping using it because of security and privacy reasons, sorry. He said Google maps used to have a feature that tracked you  every time you started your computer.  That sounds something like my cell-phone now.

 

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While not exactly what you are looking for (I think), I got curious, and found that if you have a Google account and if you keep location services turned on on your cell phone then Google tracks you with some pretty amazing accuracy. Your location timeline is only accessible by you so you can not share it in real time as far as I can see. However, you can also download your location timeline in .kml format and display it on Google Earth if you want others to see your location and travels.

I tried it out and it was very accurate. Better yet, my daughter, who flew from Texas to visit us in Colorado, tried it on her phone and it even tracked her flight. 

Here is a link for more info: https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6258979?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

 

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Google still tracks your location if you keep it on. He was probably thinking of latitude which is where it was easily accesible, however it's still there in google maps under timeline. Open Google Maps, click on the 3 horizontal lines in the search bar and choose "your timeline". You can go back as far as your history on google maps has been recording. It works a little better on a PC for showing an overview over the years. 

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5 hours ago, BlueLghtning said:

Google still tracks your location if you keep it on. He was probably thinking of latitude which is where it was easily accesible, however it's still there in google maps under timeline. Open Google Maps, click on the 3 horizontal lines in the search bar and choose "your timeline". You can go back as far as your history on google maps has been recording. It works a little better on a PC for showing an overview over the years. 

I didn't know this existed.  I just looked at it and it has everywhere I have been for, well a long time.  I wasn't aware this information was being tracked like that. Big brother apparently is watching more than I thought he was. ;)

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8 hours ago, BlueLghtning said:

Google still tracks your location if you keep it on. He was probably thinking of latitude which is where it was easily accesible, however it's still there in google maps under timeline. Open Google Maps, click on the 3 horizontal lines in the search bar and choose "your timeline". You can go back as far as your history on google maps has been recording. It works a little better on a PC for showing an overview over the years. 

So I tried this, and I didn't see "your timeline" after clicking the 3 lines.  Clicked on some stuff, but nothing that looked like it would do what "it use to"?.  IDK if you or I have an upgraded version.

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57 minutes ago, Nomad Hiker said:

So I tried this, and I didn't see "your timeline" after clicking the 3 lines.  Clicked on some stuff, but nothing that looked like it would do what "it use to"?.  IDK if you or I have an upgraded version.

I'm just going to the main google map page on my PC. Click the Menu button (3 horizontal lines)

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Then click on "Your Timeline". It looks the same way on my phone too. 

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I would not use the Google Maps Timeline for this purpose.  It is really meant to track each day and can get a bit wonky, especially for travelers.  Sometimes it will use your wifi hotspot's old location and that can get really interesting when it decides you have traveled a 1000 miles in 5 minutes and then back again.  Often is gets the exact place wrong, like when it said I was at a marijuana shop instead of the restaurant a couple doors down from the shop.  

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2 hours ago, Bill Joyce said:

I would not use the Google Maps Timeline for this purpose.  It is really meant to track each day and can get a bit wonky, especially for travelers.  Sometimes it will use your wifi hotspot's old location and that can get really interesting when it decides you have traveled a 1000 miles in 5 minutes and then back again.  Often is gets the exact place wrong, like when it said I was at a marijuana shop instead of the restaurant a couple doors down from the shop.  

I am wondering if it has to do with the accuracy capabilities of your phone. While I agree it may not be accurate down to the foot, it seems with my phone it is pretty darned accurate beyond that. I have my phone set to "high accuracy" and it is a Galaxy S7. 

Now that I am aware of this capability I am going to start watching it for grins and giggles.

 

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I use 'Map my Ride' for running and cycling.  It's free and will give you route, average speed, fastest speed, elevation change.  It may be able to do what you want.  I think it's downloadable. 

Microsoft Streets and Trips 2013 is what I use in the rig for navigation, it's programmed to leave a slug trail over the route travelled that day.  Each day can be ' saved as'  in Documents.

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On 3/14/2017 at 11:03 AM, Chalkie said:

I am wondering if it has to do with the accuracy capabilities of your phone. While I agree it may not be accurate down to the foot, it seems with my phone it is pretty darned accurate beyond that. I have my phone set to "high accuracy" and it is a Galaxy S7. 

Now that I am aware of this capability I am going to start watching it for grins and giggles.

 

High accuracy seems to favor using wifi first over cell towers and GPS, so it tracks the wifi hotspots around you and compares them to its mapping database first.  Do you have a mobile hotspot (Mifi/Jetpack) or "Wifi as WAN" router you use while traveling?  If so, Google will occasionally map it when camped and maintain the mapped location for a while.  This also works if you travel with friends who have such a wifi setup.  Say you camp somewhere in New York for a couple weeks and Google maps your wifi (or your friend's wifi).  A week later you are in Virginia in a campground with few wifi signals and you are using your wifi or your friend is close by again.  When you go to your timeline your location will occasionally bounce back to New York since Google mapped the wifi hotspot in New York earlier.  Funny thing is if you turn off "high accuracy" and go to "GPS only", many apps will come back and tell you to turn on location services.   If you use your phone's hotspot, Google seems to realize the wifi location should not be mapped and you will not see this odd behavior.   There is a workaround, you can change your wifi SSID (name) to end in "_nomap", but I have not seen an SSID named that way in my travels.  

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Actually, what I'm looking for is a map that allows me to drop pins and/or perhaps map the route we took to get to that location, after we leave (for security, not in advance).I would want this to be on-going and something I could post on our web-site. I have found one thing that sorta works, but not exactly the way I want.  Still searching.  

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On 3/14/2017 at 5:29 PM, msitarzewski said:

You're looking for a fitness tracker for RVs and full-timers. Genius. :)

Ya, sorta, but something I can keep continuously.  I have a friend that is a physicist, maybe I'll work with her to develop what I want! :)  AKA, I'll get her to develop it!

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