get and display device positions #43
Description
How should we do that?
Store
In the DB, there could be a devices and a points table.
Send
There could be multiple ways to send points to Maps:
- passive: when map location control is enabled, positions could be sent periodically with user agent as device ID
- active: there could be an API for clients to actively send their position to Maps
Display
A foldable devices side menu entry with a sub entry for each device. It would be possible to show/hide each device display. Filtering would have an effect on which points are displayed.
Should points be displayed as a line or as markers? Line is problematic because it links positions that can be very far away from each other. Markers are problematic because it's uggly and heavy to render when there are too many.
Extra
It would be nice to be able to share device positions with a Nextcloud user or with a public link (like files). There would be a list of shares. From the receiver point of view, it would show points starting from the moment device owner started to share. It would be possible to set an expiration date.
- sharing
- geofences (alerts/notifications when a device enters/leaves a defined area)
- export device position history (all/visible) to gpx
to be continued