track

Track project

This is simple cgi program to store data on a web server. A client program is planned for the future.

How track a cell phone ?

Here is a basic server side spec to follow the position of a cell phone :

A client program will make an HTTP GET request on http://my-server/track?timestamp=xxxxxxxxxx&lat=xx.xxx&lon=xx.xxx The cgi program will read and store the values of timestamp, lat, and lon. This data may be kept in a csv file or in a rrd database.

Install the server side program

This require a functionnal web server

Get the sources files

$ git clone https://github.com/thaddeus002/track.git

Build the program

$ make

Install the program

Copy the file track in a accessible directory of your web server, and configure the web server to consider this directory as à cgi directory. This can be done with a .htaccess file.