Trackserver (trackserver) free WordPress plugin

Note, 2022-01-19: even though the last official release of Trackserver is over two years old now, this does not mean that Trackserver development has stopped. Please refer to the Github repository to see the latest changes. The release of Trackserver v5.0 should take in the first half of 2022. Thank you for your patience.

Getting your GPS tracks into WordPress and publishing them has never been easier!

Trackserver is a plugin for storing and publishing GPS routes. It is a server companion to several mobile apps for location tracking, and it can display maps with your tracks on them by using a shortcode. It can also be used for live tracking, where your visitors can follow you or your users on a map.

Unlike other plugins that are about maps and tracks, Trackserver’s main focus is not the publishing, but rather the collection and storing of tracks and locations. It’s all about keeping your data to yourself. Several mobile apps and protocols are supported for getting tracks into trackserver:

• TrackMe
• MapMyTracks protocol, for example using OruxMaps, including upload functionality
• OsmAnd’s live tracking protocol
• PhoneTrack-Android also works with OsmAnd’s protocol (Trackserver >= 4.3)
• SendLocation
• OwnTracks (experimental support)
• HTTP POST, for example using AutoShare

A shortcode [tsmap] is provided for displaying your tracks on a map. Maps are displayed using the fantastic Leaflet library and some useful Leaflet plugins are included. Maps can be viewed in full-screen on modern browsers.

To publish a map with a track in a post or a page, just include the shortcode:

[tsmap track=<id>]

See the FAQ section for more information on the shortcode’s supported attributes.

Requirements

Trackserver requires PHP 5.3 or newer and it needs both DOMDocument and SimpleXML extensions installed.

Credits

This plugin was written by Martijn Grendelman. Development is tracked on Github.

It includes some code and libraries written by other people:

• Polyline encoder by Eric McConville
• Leaflet.js by Vladimir Agafonkin and others
• Leaflet.fullscreen by John Firebaugh and others
• Leaflet-omnivore by Mapbox
• Promise-polyfill by Taylor Hakes
• GPXpress by David Keen was an inspiration sometimes

TODO

• More track management features, like folders/collections
• Better permissions/authorization system
• Track statistics, like distance, average speed, etc.
• Add map profiles, maybe include leaflet-providers plugin
• Add track decorations, for example with the PolylineDecorator plugin
• …

More TODO-items and feature ideas in the TODO file contained in the plugin archive.