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What is a good tool to visualize/plot GPS data?

ralphjy
ralphjy over 3 years ago

I'm starting to collect GPS data on routes that I walk with my granddog and am in search of a good visualization tool.

I've used Google Maps, but not Google Earth.  And I've just tried GPS Visualizer.  I imported CSV data files with Lat/Long/Date/Time info.

Before I invest a lot of time, I thought that I'd take a quick survey to see if anyone has recommendations or opinions on a visualization tool.  Ideally I'd like to be able to dynamically update the plot (maybe play recorded data sequentially).  Is there a particular data format that I should look at?  I am currently using the default format from nRF Cloud.

Here is an plot example using Google Maps - I selected a data point to display the data format.

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And the same data in GPS Visualizer showing the tracking.

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  • feiticeir0
    feiticeir0 over 3 years ago +4 suggested
    I've used Viking for my Geocaches adventures. It has versions for windows and Linux, but I was able to compile it in MacOS Big Sur. You can add layers with several different kinds of maps - OpenStreetmap…
  • skruglewicz
    skruglewicz over 3 years ago +3
    Hello ralphjy very interesting inquire. I haven't tried it myself ,but there is a Map widget on the Arduino IoT clouds dashboard editor. i have used the IoT cloud for Visualization of telemetry data…
  • dougw
    dougw over 3 years ago +3
    There are a bunch of phone apps like Mapmyrun that seems like they could do what you want. I have only used GPSWox, but is only free for a trial period.
  • ralphjy
    0 ralphjy over 3 years ago in reply to ntewinkel

    I had not considered a mobile app, not sure why as it seems pretty obvious as you and Doug mentioned.  I wonder if any of them can take data dynamically from another device?  Looks like they can import data.

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  • BigG
    0 BigG over 3 years ago in reply to ralphjy

    Have you ever tried MIT App Inventor before (if you have an Android phone then you may well have - they recently provided an option for iPhones but not sure how good it is for this sort of thing). They have a rough guide: https://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/displaying-maps

    Then from MIT App Inventor you could subscribe to an mqtt broker to receive GPS data from say a wifi connected sensor which would publish the coordinates etc. This will allow you to generate live updates.

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    0 ralphjy over 3 years ago in reply to dougw

    GPSWox looks interesting.  Pricing isn't obvious - looks like $2.99/month for personal use? (not sure what that would cover).  I saw that you used it with the Dragino gateway.

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  • BigG
    0 BigG over 3 years ago in reply to BigG

    Or you could try the same with a desktop app. Here is some getting started guidance using Processing (processing.org):

    https://discourse.processing.org/t/about-google-maps/22925/3

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    0 ralphjy over 3 years ago in reply to BigG

    Never really got into MIT App Inventor, but did consider trying it a while ago.  Thanks for the link - I'll give it a look.

    Thanks for the processing link, too...

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    0 ralphjy over 3 years ago

    Thanks to everyone for the great feedback.  Lots to look into.  I'll post separately in a couple of weeks if I get anything worthwhile working...

    Ralph

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  • balajivan1995
    0 balajivan1995 over 3 years ago

    I know this is a bit late respose but in case anyone is in need of  visualizing GPS data, you can try using Thingsboard for this purpose. Thingsboard has integrated google maps and openmap. It also supports trip animation as well.


    Widgets Library | ThingsBoard Community Edition

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  • koudelad
    0 koudelad over 1 year ago

    Me and my colleagues use the mentioned https://www.gpsvisualizer.com/

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