Android GPS Tracking - Shows your location while you are riding!

[MentalFacility]

Wats up people,

Just wanted to share a quick way to keep ur ladies / parents calmer about ur rides. If you ride relatively often, then you must notice how worried ur close once can become. Also in case things do go wrong, at least someone will have a decent idea where to find you, so you dont have to wait for help forever.

If you have an android phone, there is an app called longitude. It can basically show other people where you are (well technically where your phone is) on google maps.

This way anyone you add to your longitude friend list can easily check your location through their pc/laptop/phone and calm the fuck down.

Longitude on its own doesn't run in the background, so if you use other apps (even music player) at the same time, longitude shuts down and stops sending updates about ur location. While it is active it goes through phones battery way to quickly too. There is a solution however.

Here is a quick guide how to set this all up.

1. You will need an Android phone with gps and 3g capability (I use samsung galaxy s2)
2. You will need to create a google account for yourself and for every person you want to know your location. Go here -> http://www.google.com/latitude
(if you already have one, just use it. Also you dont have to register for gmail, if you have another email address like abc@hotmail.com just use that during registration)
3. Now you need to add each other as friends in Latitude friend list.
4. Download and install Backitude application from Google Play Store. You can play with settings a bit, but it works great in default form.
5. Turn on GPS, Data Network Mode and Backitude and you are ready to go. This should put your location on the map, in real time or so (for battery saving its best to set Backitude to update ur location every 5 minutes).

Im pretty sure there must be something similar you can do on the Iphone, however I dont have one, so I have no clue of how to set it up there. If someone knows please share.

Here is one way to keep ur close once calm, and urself safe. What not to like? =)

Ask questions if you have any.

Cheers!

[5150]

I have been using CRADAR for Android. Works fine for me and the wife is happy to know that if I crash someone will know the location.

[paturoa]

Does it txt your location or use a data connection?

[MentalFacility]

Does it txt your location or use a data connection?

data connection. I have 100mb with my account. One hour of riding (it updates location every 5 min) will use less then 100kb of data. 1mb will roughly give u 10 hours of updates.

[iYRe]

its latitude... not longitude.. :P

The downsides are, it uses up lots of battery. The good side its available on iphone too.. so you can detect the honda riding iphone users...
Another downside.. people who you dont necessarily want to know where you are, can find out where you are (so make sure you set security tight).

[MentalFacility]

its latitude... not longitude.. :P

The downsides are, it uses up lots of battery. The good side its available on iphone too.. so you can detect the honda riding iphone users...
Another downside.. people who you dont necessarily want to know where you are, can find out where you are (so make sure you set security tight).

Not sure with Iphone, but with android only people in ur latitude (yep) friend list will know ur location. They can use any computer, or laptop, but they would have to log in to google account that u are friends with.

Battery wise, BACKitude uses FAR less battery then latitude. With a fully charged S2, I can ride half a day, listening to music at MAX, and it will only consume about 1/3 of battery. Very efficient.

[iYRe]

hmm testing now! :P

[onearmedbandit]

I have software on my iphone that does tracking of my route, speed, lean angle etc etc etc. As GPS chews through the battery I installed a cigarette lighter socket onto my bike. Battery is always on charge, so the drain of GPS never matters.

[skippa1]

Wats up people,

Just wanted to share a quick way to keep ur ladies / parents calmer about ur rides. If you ride relatively often, then you must notice how worried ur close once can become. Also in case things do go wrong, at least someone will have a decent idea where to find you, so you dont have to wait for help forever.

If you have an android phone, there is an app called longitude. It can basically show other people where you are (well technically where your phone is) on google maps.

This way anyone you add to your longitude friend list can easily check your location through their pc/laptop/phone and calm the fuck down.

Longitude on its own doesn't run in the background, so if you use other apps (even music player) at the same time, longitude shuts down and stops sending updates about ur location. While it is active it goes through phones battery way to quickly too. There is a solution however.

Here is a quick guide how to set this all up.

1. You will need an Android phone with gps and 3g capability (I use samsung galaxy s2)
2. You will need to create a google account for yourself and for every person you want to know your location. Go here -> http://www.google.com/latitude
(if you already have one, just use it. Also you dont have to register for gmail, if you have another email address like abc@hotmail.com just use that during registration)
3. Now you need to add each other as friends in Latitude friend list.
4. Download and install Backitude application from Google Play Store. You can play with settings a bit, but it works great in default form.
5. Turn on GPS, Data Network Mode and Backitude and you are ready to go. This should put your location on the map, in real time or so (for battery saving its best to set Backitude to update ur location every 5 minutes).

Im pretty sure there must be something similar you can do on the Iphone, however I dont have one, so I have no clue of how to set it up there. If someone knows please share.

Here is one way to keep ur close once calm, and urself safe. What not to like? =)

Ask questions if you have any.

Cheers!

I like that....:eek:

[Fast Eddie]

I have software on my iphone that does tracking of my route, speed, lean angle etc etc etc. As GPS chews through the battery I installed a cigarette lighter socket onto my bike. Battery is always on charge, so the drain of GPS never matters.

what iphone do you have bro? I remember you gave me a link a while ago for some cool apps but I never looked it up at the time.. keen now though haha. I have just a 3G one..

keen for some tracking of route speed n lean angle tho.. and just a tracker with updates too would be cool for iphone.. good if you do crash on those country missions into the middle of no where

[MentalFacility]

what iphone do you have bro? I remember you gave me a link a while ago for some cool apps but I never looked it up at the time.. keen now though haha. I have just a 3G one..

keen for some tracking of route speed n lean angle tho.. and just a tracker with updates too would be cool for iphone.. good if you do crash on those country missions into the middle of no where

someone i knew bled to death waiting for wambulance. No one knew where he was.

[onearmedbandit]

what iphone do you have bro? I remember you gave me a link a while ago for some cool apps but I never looked it up at the time.. keen now though haha. I have just a 3G one..

keen for some tracking of route speed n lean angle tho.. and just a tracker with updates too would be cool for iphone.. good if you do crash on those country missions into the middle of no where

Harry's Lap Timer. I've asked about lean angle info on their forum, hopping to see that in a future update. http://www.gps-laptimer.de/Home.html

Pirelli Diablo App - This one is simpler to use. maps to google earth and has lean angle.

http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/5-news/8474-pirelli-diablo-iphone-app-now-available.html

Mine is the 4s.

[akkadian]

I use Glympse on android. Wife can follow exactly where I am and speed. Only allows tracking by invite. Rode 8 hours yesterday on one battery charge with mp3 going as well so pretty happy. Found its more accurate than latitude

[Big Dave]

I'm not sure what I get up to in meatspace is something I would want Google (or Apple) to track.