Getting ready for 30 day cross country excursion and thought it would be cool to let my daughter track us along the way across country and back. Looking for an android based app that will show our progress at least every day. Looked a few but cannot seem to find one that will send her updates daily or longer. One I found will update at the longest every 30 minutes which is insane. Any suggestions ?

 

This sounds interesting. Sorry I can't suggest anything that might help, but I am subscribed to this thread. Hopefully you get some options!
My friends and family like to keep up on my travels, and up until now all we have used is Facebook giving updates.

 

Maybe more than what you are looking for but I like the idea that' i can call for help if needed even if out of cell coverage. You can set it up to update a map or send updates to people.

Www.findmespot.com

 

Enable the GPS tags on your photos, and send her a pic at each stop. Even if it is just your bike at a gas station, she will be able to locate the pic on a map. This is what I do for my wife.

 

Tiki, am I correct thinking that is a stand alone unit? Didn't have a lot of time to look into it. What I did see of it looked cool, just wondering about price.


Racing, that doesn't sound too bad. I may do that and post the pics on Facebook so my friends and other family can see it too. The only bad thing is you would need to take the pics and send them at each stop though, but I guess that wouldn't be too bad.

 

On the Android phone I use the Bubbler GPS app and Spotwalla website to track me. You can find Bubbler in the Playstore and Spotwalla is www.spotwalla.com it takes a little bit to set up the device and create the map but it does what I need. It is cell reliant, so no updates without coverage. I bought the "pro" version of the app so I can update my location every 5 minutes.

 

Your daughter can check Spotwalla anytime she wants for realtime updates or you can simply click the "New Message" button and choose a type of message (easy to do) and it will send an email to whoever you specify. When you get done for the day or at lunch - just send a message and they can see where you are.

 

Here is one I did last year - rode down for a neice's wedding.

https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php...553a97d3d718c1

I am fairly technical minded and it took some trial and error to get it set up and working. If I can help let me know....
Mike

 

Well, you don't have to do it at every stop. You could narrow it down to every overnight stop, meals, or you could have fun with it and send pics of every place your wife takes a leak, etc.

 

I use an app called "Glympse". It's available for free - at least for Android.

Here's the way it works. You turn it on, and it runs in the background of your phone. It gives you a link that YOU decide who you're going to share it with. Want to give it to your daughter? Send it to her via text or email. Want to post it on the forum for everybody to see? Do so. But, they need that link to track you.

The link expires after a pre-determined time. So, even if you're decided to share your trip with somebody, once the link is dead, it won't work.

It's pretty awesome - I encourage you to download it and try it out.