Heavy tech/systems/light development background but total beginner when it comes to mapping.
I have Traccar installed and working in Docker with a Pepwave device properly submitting location data. I can see a live view of the path taken, replay, etc...
For an upcoming road trip, I need to allow friends/family to view not only the above but also the intended path between start and finish. For example, while viewing the map they would see "the road ahead" so to speak as well as Traccar's marking of the path already taken. After searching the forum I see reference to polyline geofences but I don't think that approach will be reasonable in this case (we're talking thousands of miles crossing 5 countries).
I don't believe that Traccar can provide navigation so I think I need to get that data from somewhere else but I'm a little lost how to proceed.
Here's what I'm thinking... I need a source of map tiles that I can use as a custom map where the tiles happen to include the intended navigation route. In a perfect world, those tiles would be dynamic to adjust for changes to the navigation route but let's table that for now. To keep things simple let's assume that I create my route in some tool (Google Maps for example) and that I'm ok with the route being static.
How (using G Maps or some other tool) can I create a Navigation route and turn that into a set of map tiles? Am I even on the right track here? If there's another approach, happy to hear it as in this arena I don't know what I know know!
Thanks!
I think map tiles approach could work if you can find the right tools.
Another option is to create polyline geofence dynamically based on the route you get from Google API. You can split into into smaller sections to avoid drawing a single massive polyline. You can use API for creating/updating the geofence(s).
This isn't scalable, but doesn't need to be for my use case...
I was able to create a navigation route in Google Maps, export it to GPX and create a geofence via GPX file upload. Initially, there were errors due to field size defined in the database but I raised it to a value high enough to get the import to work.
This works acceptably for my needs, although it would be nice for the geofence to be one color and the traveled route another (researching that now).
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
I think we support geofence colors.
And device route colors as well.
Heavy tech/systems/light development background but total beginner when it comes to mapping.
I have Traccar installed and working in Docker with a Pepwave device properly submitting location data. I can see a live view of the path taken, replay, etc...
For an upcoming road trip, I need to allow friends/family to view not only the above but also the intended path between start and finish. For example, while viewing the map they would see "the road ahead" so to speak as well as Traccar's marking of the path already taken. After searching the forum I see reference to polyline geofences but I don't think that approach will be reasonable in this case (we're talking thousands of miles crossing 5 countries).
I don't believe that Traccar can provide navigation so I think I need to get that data from somewhere else but I'm a little lost how to proceed.
Here's what I'm thinking... I need a source of map tiles that I can use as a custom map where the tiles happen to include the intended navigation route. In a perfect world, those tiles would be dynamic to adjust for changes to the navigation route but let's table that for now. To keep things simple let's assume that I create my route in some tool (Google Maps for example) and that I'm ok with the route being static.
How (using G Maps or some other tool) can I create a Navigation route and turn that into a set of map tiles? Am I even on the right track here? If there's another approach, happy to hear it as in this arena I don't know what I know know!
Thanks!