GeoLog
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About GeoLog
GeoLog is a new kind of location tracker which changes tracking characteristics based on where you are and what you are doing.
On foot, you travel slower than by car, and you may not want to gather location data as often. If you're standing still, why track location at all - it's just a waste of power. If you're on a photo walk, you might only want to track location while walking, and not when doing anything else - like driving to the where the walk starts. When on a long trip, you may wish to use a less accurate low power tracking solution, while on a short trip you may prefer tracking as precisely as possible. This is all profile-based and highly configurable.
Based on Google's new fused location provider, it can determine when you are standing still, walking, cycling, or in a moving vehicle, and adjust tracking parameters accordingly. It will automatically switch between all methods of gathering location data (sensors, cell and Wi-Fi networks, GPS, etc) to give you the best location fix possible, within the parameters you set up.
The app currently supports exporting to GPX and KML formats, and has an extensive selection of export filters. GPX export files are tested against Lightroom, where KML export files are tested against Google Earth.
Apha / Experiment
This is an alpha release. It is already usable, but it's not yet feature complete. It has also not undergone rigorous testing on various Android versions yet, so expect issues. Reference/development device was an SGS3 running 4.2.
Furthermore, this whole thing is an experiment. I'm not sure how well this will work in reality. I have built it to track my whereabouts on a long trip far away, and seems to have worked rather well at that !
You will also probably need to adjust the profile presets to your personal preferences. Ultimately, I would like this to be good enough to just leave on 100% of the time!
Scary Permissions
This app requires location and activity permissions to track your location. It also needs to run at boot to start the tracking service (if enabled). Wakelocks are required to process the location data at the configured interval. External storage permissions are required to export your data.
I do not track anything you do or what you click. All personal data goes to the app internal database only, you are the only one with access to that information. Your information is not sent to me.
Discussion
The XDA-Developers discussion thread can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386317
Source
GeoLog is open source, licensed as Apache v2. You can find the latest sources here: https://github.com/Chainfire/GeoLog . Note that a lot of what goes on under the hood is inside Google Play Services, which is closed source.
On foot, you travel slower than by car, and you may not want to gather location data as often. If you're standing still, why track location at all - it's just a waste of power. If you're on a photo walk, you might only want to track location while walking, and not when doing anything else - like driving to the where the walk starts. When on a long trip, you may wish to use a less accurate low power tracking solution, while on a short trip you may prefer tracking as precisely as possible. This is all profile-based and highly configurable.
Based on Google's new fused location provider, it can determine when you are standing still, walking, cycling, or in a moving vehicle, and adjust tracking parameters accordingly. It will automatically switch between all methods of gathering location data (sensors, cell and Wi-Fi networks, GPS, etc) to give you the best location fix possible, within the parameters you set up.
The app currently supports exporting to GPX and KML formats, and has an extensive selection of export filters. GPX export files are tested against Lightroom, where KML export files are tested against Google Earth.
Apha / Experiment
This is an alpha release. It is already usable, but it's not yet feature complete. It has also not undergone rigorous testing on various Android versions yet, so expect issues. Reference/development device was an SGS3 running 4.2.
Furthermore, this whole thing is an experiment. I'm not sure how well this will work in reality. I have built it to track my whereabouts on a long trip far away, and seems to have worked rather well at that !
You will also probably need to adjust the profile presets to your personal preferences. Ultimately, I would like this to be good enough to just leave on 100% of the time!
Scary Permissions
This app requires location and activity permissions to track your location. It also needs to run at boot to start the tracking service (if enabled). Wakelocks are required to process the location data at the configured interval. External storage permissions are required to export your data.
I do not track anything you do or what you click. All personal data goes to the app internal database only, you are the only one with access to that information. Your information is not sent to me.
Discussion
The XDA-Developers discussion thread can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2386317
Source
GeoLog is open source, licensed as Apache v2. You can find the latest sources here: https://github.com/Chainfire/GeoLog . Note that a lot of what goes on under the hood is inside Google Play Services, which is closed source.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Restructured and rewrote some of the code for the open sourcing of the app, this is simply a rebuild. There are no significant feature updates or bugfixes
Restructured and rewrote some of the code for the open sourcing of the app, this is simply a rebuild. There are no significant feature updates or bugfixes
What are users saying about GeoLog
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Make the log files to be exported for getting details
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Tool do not record elevation :(
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nice positioning app
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Another great Idea, Developed in an amazing way by an Awesome Dev !
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I'm not sure of the actual intention for the use of this APP but what I did notice is that on both my Samsung Core LTE phone and Lenovo A8-50 tablet is that their GPS ability becomes more accurate when I turn a profile on. The odd times my phone will report I'm sitting in the middle of the highway when I am really at home. My Lenovo tablet has an active GPS function which does not require WiFi or Data to work and can be used as a standalone navigation device like a Garmin. After installing this APP on my tablet and activating a profile my location no longer drifts while stationary and when I try a higher profile and zoom in to ground level simply walking across the room it even tracks me. Very nice APP, as it seems to control how a device uses it's GPS function making it more accurate. Will test some more to determine usefulness!!!
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Would be cool if you could click on a log link and it would open up Google Maps to pin point.
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Want it to sync to Google drive.
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5 star app well worth the download
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Good
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I've been trying to upload both kml and gpx files to several online viewers but none of them recognize the files created by the app as proper kml or gpx files. I understand that the app is still in it's early age but as this is a core function of the app I would appreciate if you could fix this ASAP.Thanks in advance.
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Log file kml isn't recognized by Google earth.
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5 star app well worth the download
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Great app
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I cannot imagine the Final release ! Much respect to the Chainfire developer !
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Doesnt alter my gps stuff on my s5 my gos still in high accuracy mode
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nice positioning app
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Excellent
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I wish other app designers (usually big development houses) used their own apps so that they could put some intelligence into each function.
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I cannot imagine the Final release ! Much respect to the Chainfire developer !
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Excellent app!!!!
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I tested it a few days ago and it worked. I used it yesterday on a photo safari to sync with the photos and it reports that I was "still" for the whole trip and produced zero data. I have high hopes for this app.
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And a good one at that. The profiles take a bit of getting used to, but overall this is the best logger application I've tried. Love the fact I can leave it on and forget about it, so many times I've forgotten to start a log until half way through my day, this way I can just extract the section I want!
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I've been trying to upload both kml and gpx files to several online viewers but none of them recognize the files created by the app as proper kml or gpx files. I understand that the app is still in it's early age but as this is a core function of the app I would appreciate if you could fix this ASAP.Thanks in advance.
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I've been using various logging apps for a while, and Geolog is far superior to anything out there. It has all the options you'd ever want, and works perfectly in the background without leeching all of your battery power when out and about. Lightroom has no issues with the logfile.
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Log file kml isn't recognized by Google earth.
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Would be cool if you could click on a log link and it would open up Google Maps to pin point.
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This greatly helpful app saves battery life on my samsung galaxy rush (Boost) by turning off location data from the time it stops being used. Very handy... and cool. Chainfire is one heck of a android developer :q
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It so helpful when I go to rural area, it can be usefull if the maps data has been downloaded.
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Want it to sync to drive ex
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Simply great for tracking locations I stayed
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Position Changes.
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Finally fixed my strong battery drain by "android OS" on my S3 running CM10. Hopefully it want come back :)
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I have wanted something this simple for a while. No extra BS just pure data! Thanks ChainFire
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What a wonderful app! I have no idea what I could use if for, but I love it!
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Thank you chainfire! For an alpha release this app is amazing! Just what the doctor ordered a few days before latitude shut down and love the profile settings, too :D You the man!
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Another great Idea, Developed in an amazing way by an Awesome Dev !
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I'm not sure of the actual intention for the use of this APP but what I did notice is that on both my Samsung Core LTE phone and Lenovo A8-50 tablet is that their GPS ability becomes more accurate when I turn a profile on. The odd times my phone will report I'm sitting in the middle of the highway when I am really at home. My Lenovo tablet has an active GPS function which does not require WiFi or Data to work and can be used as a standalone navigation device like a Garmin. After installing this APP on my tablet and activating a profile my location no longer drifts while stationary and when I try a higher profile and zoom in to ground level simply walking across the room it even tracks me. Very nice APP, as it seems to control how a device uses it's GPS function making it more accurate. Will test some more to determine usefulness!!!