Telematics dashboard
A device you own — a shell script, a microcontroller, a Raspberry Pi — pushes GPS and whatever else it knows to a dashboard anyone can watch. No account, no SDK, no backend to write.
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Telematics
HTTP or MQTT for GPS tracking? Pick by power budget
Both deliver the same point. The difference is what a connection costs your device. A decision table, the handshake arithmetic, and where each one falls apart.
25 June 2026 · 4 min read
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Telematics
Send custom telemetry alongside GPS
Push rpm, fuel, voltage or water temperature on the same request as the position, and bind each one to a gauge, sparkline or compass. No schema to register.
23 June 2026 · 4 min read
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Telematics
Live-track a Raspberry Pi with a USB GPS dongle
Plug in a u-blox dongle, read it with gpsd, and stream fixes to a live map from a shell script. Includes the systemd unit and the m/s to km/h trap.
20 June 2026 · 4 min read
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Telematics
Stream GPS from an ESP32 over MQTT
Wire a NEO-6M to an ESP32, publish fixes over MQTT with TLS on port 8883, and watch them arrive on a live map. Full sketch, no backend to write.
18 June 2026 · 5 min read
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Telematics
Track anything with one HTTP request
Put a moving thing on a live map with nothing but curl — no account, no SDK, no app. A complete GPS tracking walkthrough in two requests.
15 June 2026 · 4 min read