Spotmap vs Trackserver

Spotmap turns your WordPress site into a self-hosted GPS tracking platform. Connect your devices, and Spotmap stores every position in your own database — no third-party cloud required. Supported devices (data feeds) SPOT (FindMeSPOT) — automatic feed polling via XML API Garmin inReach — receives positions via Garmin’s MapShare feed OsmAnd — receives positions via HTTP from the OsmAnd smartphone app Teltonika — direct integration for Teltonika GPS routers and trackers WordPress Media Library — photos with GPS EXIF data can appear on the map Post Locations — assign GPS coordinates to any WordPresspost or page via the block editor sidebar. Posts appear on the map as clickable markers that link directly to the article so readers can jump from the map to the full story. Zoleo — if you have a Zoleo device please reach out to the plugin author Map & visualization Interactive Leaflet map with full Gutenberg block support — type /spotmap in the editor Wide range of tile providers: OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Thunderforest, LINZ (NZ), IGN France, UK Ordnance Survey, USGS, OpenSeaMap, ESRI Ocean, and any custom XYZ tile URL GPX track overlay via the built-in GPX manager — upload and manage GPX files for planned routes, waypoints, and recorded tracks Photo EXIF GPS display — images from your media library with location data appear on the map Configurable line breaks when no positions arrive within a set time interval Multiple feeds and devices on a single map, each with its own color Post location markers — each marker shows the post title and links to the article, turning any map block into a navigable index of location-tagged content Configurable marker styles and icons Filtering & interaction Rich time filtering including relative ranges like “last 24 hours” or “last 7 days”, and absolute date ranges Interactive data table linked to the map — click a check-in to zoom to that position Initial map state options: show all points, zoom to last position, or zoom to last trip Auto-refresh without full page reload Data management Long-term position storage — your data stays in your WordPress database for as long as you want Convert tracked positions to GPX export Manage, move, and delete points from the WordPress dashboard Upload and organize GPX files through the GPX manager Performance Rewritten map engine in TypeScript for better reliability Significantly faster rendering with large numbers of points compared to 0.11.x Why Spotmap? Most GPS tracking solutions lock your data into a vendor cloud. SPOT’s own platform doesn’t even offer free long-term storage. Spotmap keeps everything on your server — whether you’re documenting a sailing trip, sharing a bike tour with friends and family, or tracking vehicles. Your data, your rules. Security Message content and phone numbers SPOT devices can include a phone number or personal message in their transmission data. This information is stored in the database and may appear in marker popups on your map. To overwrite this content, use the Marker section in Settings > Spotmap. Setting a feed password in your SPOT account (and entering it in the plugin settings) ensures that the message content is not stored in the WordPress database and thus not accessible by the public. Live location privacy The plugin offers a cosmetic filter to hide points newer than a configurable threshold (e.g. 30 minutes, 2 hours, or 1 day). This prevents the most recent positions from appearing on the public map. Important: this filter is display-only. The REST API endpoint exposed by the plugin can return all points stored in the database, regardless of the block filter setting. There is currently no way to fully hide the latest positions from a technically capable visitor. If hiding live locations from the API is a requirement, you should restrict access to the REST API endpoint at the server or WordPress level. Map tokens API tokens for tile layer providers (Mapbox, Thunderforest, LINZ, IGN France, OS UK, etc.) are stored in WordPress settings and embedded in the page HTML at render time. Any visitor who views the page source can read your token. To reduce the risk of token abuse, restrict each token to your domain using the provider’s referrer/HTTP origin restrictions (e.g. https://yoursite.com/*). Shortcodes If you use a legacy text editor and require shortcodes, you are able to use the shortcode builder from the settings page of Spotmap. there you can interactively create the shortcode you need. The following shortcodes are supported: [spotmap] — embeds an interactive map [spotmessages] — embeds a table of SPOT messages and check-ins For the full attribute reference, see README-SHORTCODE.md on GitHub.

NOTE: Trackserver v5.0 contains backwards-incompatible changes and changes to client configurations are needed. Please read the release notes for more information. 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 µLogger GPSLogger PhoneTrack-Android also works with OsmAnd’s protocol (Trackserver >= 4.3) SendLocation Traccar client 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= ] See the FAQ section for more information on the shortcode’s supported attributes. Requirements Trackserver requires PHP 7.3 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: Leaflet.js by Vladimir Agafonkin and others Polyline encoder by Eric McConville Leaflet-omnivore by Mapbox Leaflet.fullscreen by John Firebaugh and others Promise-polyfill by Taylor Hakes