Live location S+ app

treizeXiii

@Nikolai-Simonov
Thank you ! This is so great ! I’ve asked this functionnality in every survey Suunto sent.

Are the locations (and consequently the course, the start, the end of the course) sent to a remote server (outside Suunto scope) ? If yes, who is in charge ? How long does the date stay on the server ?

If you need user test/feedback, do not hesitate.

Regard

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the_ultraman

I’m looking forward to it. Because I usually train alone in the mountains and in a possible bad situation I have nothing to do. It looks good at first glance. A web map using Google Maps would be better.

Sascha Domres

@Nikolai-Simonov Hi, is there any news? How is the development going? This is a function that I miss very much. By the way, Coros has already implemented this really well. I find the live location in the mobile phone very helpful for orientation. Even if this requires a data connection, this is super helpful… Hope your project works out.

Emile

Hello @Nikolai-Simonov, do you plan to open source it at some point? I guess this would accelerate the developement thanks to contributors
Have you thought about using https://www.traccar.org/ as a backend server? This an open source GPS tracking platform with many interesting features like live tracking, alerting, a REST API to interact with, etc…

Nikolai Simonov

Hello Community!
Sorry for the silence; there were some personal issues, such as moving, changing jobs, etc.
Now everything is well.

And I’m bringing some updates about the plans:
Currently, it’s working within the MVP boundaries.

I’ve asked Suunto how I can provide an app for the testers, and currently, there is no way I’m able to install it only from the development machine. It’s quite disappointing because it drastically limit the possibility of testing outside.

However, recently, I realized that I can actually try to publish an app. but restrict access for testing purposes on the smartphone side. (like a testing account or smth.)

Also, there’s a knowing issue on the watch side. I’m still trying to figure out a smooth way to reconnect the watch to the phone if the connection is lost. Unfortunately, SDK doesn’t allow us to handle this thing manually. An issue like this would be annoying, but it still is.

Anyway, I’ll prepare the infrastructure, and it should be done this weekend; after that, I’ll send the SuuntoPlus app to the Suunto store.

Because it’s a process, they have a manual review, etc. It took time. I don’t know how much exactly, no guesses.

After that, I’ll share the app here. At first, it will be an Android downloadable APK because it’s much easier; lately if everything goes smoothly, I’ll share the iOS app as well.

Nikolai Simonov

@Emile Hi! Yep, this is in my plans, but not at the first stages of development. At least after the MVP or smth.

about the traccar, it’s not really suits my needs.
and currently BE side works pretty well and data efficient (it’s cruccial for mobile environment), on geo package costs 13byte.

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@Nikolai-Simonov hey I think if the app is OS some people that have the VS studio plugins could test.

SANDORN

@Nikolai-Simonov Hi Nikolai, I am eagerly waiting for a solution like yours. Sadly we have iOS devices but hopefully you can provide your app soon after the Android version. Thank you for your effort to give this option to our Suunto what is already available for Garmin users.

aeroild

Just wanna say that I really hope this S+ app or something similar is coming!

Runners ZoneTP

I will definitely use it.

Maximilian Mustermann

I may be making myself a little unpopular here, but I would still recommend that users in Switzerland use the REGA app on their smartphones to share their live location. It not only shares the location with the contacts you have selected, but also with REGA, so that in an emergency, a rescue can be carried out as efficiently as possible to the last known location. The app can also be used to directly notify the REGA operations centre in the event of an emergency: https://www.rega.ch/en/our-missions/this-is-how-we-help-you/rega-app

For those who are not familiar with REGA, I would just like to mention that it is the most important Swiss air rescue service and coordinates the air rescue operations centre. In case of insufficient mobile phone coverage, alpinists can also use the emergency radio telephone (161.3 MHz).