GPS TrackMe
A simple mobile application to register your gps position at a given moment in time.
The initial idea behind the application is to be able to get the GPS coordinates of your position, at a given time, so you can later know your position exactly. It can be used to know the GPS coordinates when taking a picture (if using a camera without GPS, or with GPS switched off), or to be able to remember a certain location.
Additional functionality may be to register a track and save it as a GPX track. I will explore this later.
Usage
You can either run the python code and build an .apk image, or you can use directly the .apk image already compiled from the releases folder. In order to compile the code you will need the following dependencies:
- kivy: the main language to make the app run on the mobile
- KivyMD: a layer on top of
kivyto make it pretty, using Material Design compliant widgets, icons and colours. - buildozer: to compile kivy apps for mobile. Can be used both for android and for iOS.
When building the .apk with buildozer, you need to add a number of dependencies. Check the file buildozer.spec to see all the requirements that are needed.
Note the app only works on android, I have not built the necessary configuration to run on iOS (and I don't have the tools to compile it and test it). Although it should be relatively straight forward, since the plyer module I'm using to access the GPS works for both android and iOS platforms.
See the instructions on how to use the app in the manual pages.
Contribution
I started this project to practice with KivyMD, and also to solve a functionality that I'm missing in my phone. I'm sure there are plenty of apps out there that can track your gps, but I wanted something very simple and straight forward, and avoid any advertising.
So I'm not expecting to have a collaboration on this project. Having said that, feel free to open issues to improve the code or the functionality. If you would like to contribute, drop me a mail.
License
This project is under MIT license.