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- | ====== Live tracking | + | ====== Live Tracking |
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- | | + | **Locus Live Tracking is sharing your actual position continuously in real time.** |
+ | <WRAP center round info> | ||
+ | This feature requires your registration and log in to **[[manual: | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
- | Live tracking | + | You can share your position in **three ways**: |
+ | * **Share with all** - sharing with the whole world on **[[http:// | ||
+ | * **Share with a group** - position | ||
+ | * **Custom** - position is shared via custom defined service | ||
- | ===== Public Locus live tracking | + | First two live tracking options share your actual **position**, |
+ | ===== How to start ===== | ||
- | This feature monitors position | + | * go to **Menu > more functions > Live Tracking** and tap. Initial page of live tracking wizard appears:\\ {{ : |
+ | * select **whom do you need to share your real time position with**:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | ==== Share with all ==== | ||
+ | Your real time position is shared with **public** at **[[http:// | ||
- | When launched for the first time a **new profile is created automatically** and you are prompted to insert | + | Your **icon and name are prefilled** by default by values from your **My Locus profile**. I.e. if you logged in via Google, your Google avatar and name are used. **These data can be edited**: |
- | <WRAP center round important> | + | * press blue **start |
- | Using Live tracking feature | + | * **active |
- | </ | + | |
- | **Status | + | ==== Share with a group ==== |
+ | Select a **pre-defined group of people** and share your real-time position wih them. **Nobody else will see your shared position.** These groups were created by you or someone else. | ||
- | ===== Private Locus live tracking | + | * tap to unfold a **list of your groups**:\\ {{ : |
+ | * **tap a selected group** and your group live tracking session is set:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | * if you need to **join a new group**, enter its **access key** here:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | ==== Share with a new group ==== | ||
+ | <WRAP center round info> | ||
+ | This feature needs **[[http:// | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | To start a new group, select this option. Your **new group is added right away** to the configuration and you can start live tracking:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | <WRAP center round tip> | ||
+ | Group live tracking includes also **[[manual: | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | If you want to monitor and be monitored by a **particular group of users** (family, friends, colleagues, team mates...), you must define your **own live tracking | + | ===== How to stop ===== |
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+ | | ||
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- | | + | OR |
- | * tap " | + | * go to Locus menu > more functions > Live Tracking |
+ | | ||
+ | ===== Profiles ===== | ||
+ | Configurations | ||
+ | |||
+ | **To START live tracking in selected profile**, | ||
- | ===== Setting | + | **To STOP live tracking in selected profile**, tap the red square button as was mentioned above. |
+ | ==== Auto-start | ||
+ | It is possible to **start | ||
+ | * open **Live Tracking settings** from topbar menu | ||
+ | * **select | ||
+ | * on the next Locus Map launch, the Live Tracking will be automatically started in the selected profile | ||
- | You can maintain several Live tracking profiles | + | ==== Active profile ==== |
+ | Profile that is being used for actual live tracking | ||
+ | - associated **groups** of users | ||
+ | - **number** of active group members | ||
+ | - live tracking **chat** button | ||
+ | - **group sharing** button | ||
+ | ==== Adding profiles ==== | ||
- | * tap {{: | + | To add a new profile, |
- | * Add **name | + | ==== Editing profiles ==== |
- | | + | To edit a profile, tap the profile |
- | * Insert your **nickname** | + | |
- | * Set **refresh interval** | + | |
- | * Set **notification** | + | |
- | * **Tap {{: | + | |
- | {{ : | + | |
- | All other Locus users who have this feature | + | * **nickname** - how others will see you. If you logged in My Locus with Google or Facebook, |
+ | * you can add a **message to other live trackers**. It will appear | ||
+ | * **frequency of updating** | ||
+ | * **groups** - list of groups of users of which the profile is a member. When there is no particular group listed, | ||
+ | * **positive feedback** - swich on if you need to know if the live tracking is active | ||
+ | * **negative feedback** - swich on if you need to know if the live tracking stops working (loss of GSM or GPS signal) | ||
+ | * **display last shared position** - your icon stays on map on your last fixed position for 10 more minutes even when you are offline | ||
- | * //location coordinates// | + | ==== Deleting profiles ==== |
- | * // | + | |
- | * //altitude, speed, azimuth, accuracy of his GPS and date/time of his last live tracking request// | + | |
- | {{ : | + | |
- | Live tracking | + | To delete a live tracking |
- | ===== Web services | + | ===== Group management |
+ | Groups for sharing your real-time position with particular people can be **created, edited and deleted** in a live tracking group manager. You can access it from an open configuration of any live tracking profile:\\ {{ : | ||
- | | + | ==== Adding a group to a profile ==== |
+ | | ||
+ | * tap a selected group | ||
+ | * group is added:\\ {{ : | ||
- | This feature | + | In this case, your realtime position is now shared with two independent groups of users. |
- | ==== GPSies.com ==== | + | ==== Creating a new group ==== |
+ | <WRAP center round info> | ||
+ | This feature | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | | + | * tap {{: |
- | | + | |
- | | + | |
- | | + | * tap **Manage** again and then action menu {{: |
- | - tap the session in the list and a new dialog appears | + | * select {{: |
- | - insert your **GPSies username** | + | |
- | | + | |
- | - tap the green **START** | + | |
- | **Your position begins to display in the map window of GPSies.com Live Tracking service.** | + | ==== Joining a group ==== |
+ | There are two options: | ||
- | ==== C-ME ==== | + | **1)** when sharing the access key to a group Locus generates also a **direct link** to it which, if clicked in a device with Locus installed, calls Locus > live tracking > your group. |
- | [[http://locus.oldboys.at|Testing web site]] of one of Locus power users. The procedure of setting C-ME live tracking | + | **2)** similarly to adding your own group go to the **Group manager** > {{:manual: |
+ | ==== Live chat ==== | ||
+ | Users joined in a group live tracking | ||
+ | === Send places === | ||
+ | When live chatting, you can send not only messages but also **places - coordinates, | ||
+ | === Toggle among groups === | ||
+ | When you are live tracking in more groups at once, you can toggle among more live chats:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | === Notifications === | ||
+ | You are **notified when a new chat message comes**. You can choose **a beep, your own sound or vibration**: | ||
===== Custom live tracking ===== | ===== Custom live tracking ===== | ||
- | * <wrap info> | + | <WRAP center round info> |
+ | This feature is available in Locus Map Pro only. | ||
+ | </WRAP> | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | Do you want to start **live tracking via a live tracking service independent on Locus**? Select last option in Live tracking start menu:\\ {{ : | ||
+ | ==== Add new... ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Here you can configure all parameters of live tracking on your own. | ||
- | All parameters of live tracking feature can be configurable here. The setup is therefore dependent | + | * **name** your new livetracking configuration |
+ | * it displays as a **new profile** in the list | ||
+ | * tap it and go on setting up:\\ {{ : | ||
**The main parameters** | **The main parameters** | ||
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* update parameters of time and distance | * update parameters of time and distance | ||
* required accuracy | * required accuracy | ||
- | * base URL | + | |
Live tracking data handling: | Live tracking data handling: |