Free Live Tracking service for maps

Let your teammates and family know where you are. Share your position and last part of path during your outdoor adventures in real time. Just for free!

Setup your tracker

Follow a few simple steps to start sending your GPS position to the server

In Locus Map app for Android

  1. Press ≡ (three dash menu button)
  2. Go to "More functions >" submenu
  3. Choose "Live tracking" function
  4. Add new Live tracking service of type "Custom live tracking"
  5. Type the name of a new service like "{{ group_title }}"
  6. Fill parameters of your new live tracking service
    • Update = 20 seconds, 100 meters
    • Required GPS accuracy = 250 meters
    • Base URL = {{ group_address }}
    • DATA Method = GET
    • DATA Parameters
      • (Latitude) lat
      • (Longitude) lon
      • (Speed) speed
      • (Battery level) battery
      • (Bearing) bearing
      • (Current time) time
      • (Text field) name = Your Nick Name
  7. Now you can start sending your Live tracking data by pressing ▶

View live tracks

There are several types of display the GPS movements of the positions of your group members

In Locus Map app for Android

  1. Press ≡ (three dash menu button)
  2. Go to "More functions >" submenu
  3. Choose "Map items" function
  4. Add new Map items source from Remote file {{ group_address }}
  5. Make it visible by pressing eye button 👁

In browser

Open URL {{ group_address }}group.html in your browser.

In Google Earth Pro

Download KML file from {{ group_address }} and import it in Google Earth Pro

Sample usage