I took have set up and run Owntracks in the past and found it lacking. I can’t remember why, but I do remember thinking it was a bit shit
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matto@lemm.ee 6 months agoI’ve tried it in iOS, and spent a lot of time fiddling with the settings, but for the life of me I can’t get a decent resolution from it. I get very distant points and I was no able to improve it, so I gave up :(
Lifebandit666@feddit.uk 6 months ago
drudoo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve used it for 5 years on iOS with zero issues at all. Set it to ‘Move’ and you will get great resolution.
chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net 6 months ago
I played with it forever ago, but from memory, that is most likely due to the way it is designed to conserve battery. The app waits for significant location update notifications from the OS and then sends the updated location to the tracking server. It doesn’t (or I should say it didn’t as I don’t know about now) actively poll the location on fixed intervals.