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With a GPS tracker and the right software, you can track your dog using your mobile phone.

Various security experts have written about the vulnerabilities and privacy concerns of chinese GPS trackers. These articles paint a worrying picture for users of these devices.

The Winnes TK913 is a compact personal tracker with magnetic base and 1500mAh battery.

Traccar already provides reports and graphs of your tracking data. Sometimes it's useful to make this data available elsewhere. A popular choice for data visualisation is Kibana, part of the elastic stack.

I wanted to set up something similar to Tractive's Live Update feature using TKStar tracking devices and Traccar tracking server.

There are several useful android apps to compliment Traccar. The official manager and client as well as some compatible third party offerings.

Plotting tracks and top speeds from Traccar reports.

Distance and speed stats using a series of daily summaries from Traccar reports API.

Plotting a heatmap from a GPS track log, using a position report from the Traccar JSON API.

Displaying a GPX route in the Traccar web interface.