Hi.
I am looking into the possibility to create a arduino based GPS device that i can track in realtime. The devise would not be able to use GSM as no GSM service is available on the location.
Is this possible anyway?!! Is there any way I could recieve the data from GPS module (other than GSM) over a range of 5-6 Kilometres and then plot the data to get the location of the device, graphically??
Range of any device will depend upon the environment - what's in-between the transmitter and receiver?
Trees?
Buildings?
Terrain?
TolpuddleSartre:
Range of any device will depend upon the environment - what's in-between the transmitter and receiver?
Trees?
Buildings?
Terrain?
Well, it's kind of tracking an off road vehicle! (yeah, you can assume there are trees or some small hills in between!)
If you could put the receiver on a 5 - 10M mast, you would likley get that sort of range with a LoRa transmitter and receiver.
Current land based record, ground to high altitude balloon tracker is 702km @ 25mW @ 868Mhz.
srnet:
If you could put the receiver on a 5 - 10M mast, you would likley get that sort of range with a LoRa transmitter and receiver.Current land based record, ground to high altitude balloon tracker is 702km @ 25mW @ 868Mhz.
srnet:
If you could put the receiver on a 5 - 10M mast, you would likley get that sort of range with a LoRa transmitter and receiver.Current land based record, ground to high altitude balloon tracker is 702km @ 25mW @ 868Mhz.
Okay! That was too much helpful! This is the coolest workable idea found till now! I was going through somewhat similar stuff, related to Zigbee!
Now the issue is,, I am a total noob to tracking stuff! Kindly help me as much as you can with coding and connection stuff! (A little guidance will do 
) I am still working out what to do with the modules and shields and explorers etc etc.
Secondly, these are wireless transmitters and receivers! So these must be interfaced properly with the arduino to send the GPS module data. And I am quite unknown to interfacing these with arduino. Another thing,, the data these transmitter reciever pairs will send will most probably be serial data (as far as I have read this tracking stuff).... How to get this data in a way that I could get the position of my module graphically!?!? (Though the last issue can be dealt differently later)
Thanks for the help!
There is code and build instructions for tracker transmitters to be found here;
Tracker transmitters in HAB2 and Locator2 folders, receiver in the Receiver1 folder.
srnet:
There is code and build instructions for tracker transmitters to be found here;Tracker transmitters in HAB2 and Locator2 folders, receiver in the Receiver1 folder.
Thank you so much for the reference.