How to set up Mobile Devices

[jakobroehrl]

It would be nice to get some help for activating the Mobile Devices feature.
Which andoid apps are possible? The same as here? https://gitlab.com/eneiluj/phonetrack-oc/wikis/userdoc#logging-methods

[jancborchardt]

Same as for the tracks feature, we should probably have some sort of emptycontent message when you open the "Devices" navigation section explaining how it works.

[julien-nc]

@jakobroehrl Yep we could have a user documentation page on the project wiki.

@jancborchardt Yep that would be nice indeed. I'll probably do it in a few weeks unless there is a PR storm 😉.

Setting PhoneTrack-Android to log to NC Maps is already implemented and will be possible in next release which, I hope, is coming soon.

[dahumph]

Still not clear to me how to import a device. Does maps itself has the ability to receive gps data from a smartphone or can it just open gpx / kml files which are stored in nextcloud? Where would I send the gps data to (URL) ?

[t-aus-m]

I'm having the same issues as @dahumph, it would be nice, if there would be any documentation for sending positional data from devices to the maps app. Any news in that regard?

[jancborchardt]

Not yet – what would really help is just a veeery simple 1-2-3 step guide in the readme. :)

[tacruc]

Still not clear to me how to import a device. Does maps itself has the ability to receive gps data from a smartphone or can it just open gpx / kml files which are stored in nextcloud? Where would I send the gps data to (URL) ?

Well both the tracks section shows Gpx files which are stored in your nextcloud. The devices section shows dynamically recivied points. For example from phonetrack. Just create a nextcloud maps protocol job.

[koying]

I'm using some code to send track positions to the NC PhoneTrack app via REST POST calls to https://<myNC>/apps/phonetrack/log/gpslogger/<token>/<id> with a payload of lat={{LAT}}&lon={{LON}}&sat=0&alt=0&acc={{ACC}}&speed=0&bearing=0&timestamp={{TIMESTAMP}}&bat=0

Is there something similar in the Map app?

[Zachu]

Just create a nextcloud maps protocol job.

What does this mean 🙈 😅

My phone tracks itself quite fine on the PhoneTrack NC app but I can't see it in Maps. Which is kinda I guess what others point out here too. Is the whole "Your devices" section even working? I assume I somehow have to either link the PhoneTrack and Maps thingies together or push the data into two different places from my device but I seem to be unable to find out how.

Edit: digging further here. Does #111 (comment) this comment mean that you can either track your browser or track your device using that one Android app. Is this completely undoable atm with Overland IOS app?

[koying]

I forgot about this one ;)
FWIW, the url to use to add points is

curl -X POST -u <user>:<password> 'https://<nextcloud_url>/apps/maps/api/1.0/devices?user_agent=<device_name>&lat=<latitude>&lng=<longitude>&accuracy=0&timestamp=<epoch_timestamp>&battery&altitude'