Real-time Geolocation Tracking

Question

I'm using the google maps javascript API to render a map. I'm using Python's Django v2 but the actual code for the API interaction and map creation is just Javascript.

The client has have a fleet of trucks and I'd like to suggest a new feature: tracking the trucks' real-time location on the map. If each of the trucks had an tablet I imagine I could somehow get near-real-time geolocation information from that device.

Question: Should I be trying to send geolocation info from the tablets to the server (if so how?) or should I be trying to GET/retrieve the geolocation from the tablets (if so how?)? Thinking of apps like Uber or Lyft what is the best practice/tried-and-true protocol to use with IOT & geolocation?

Answer 1

I ended up using GPS Tracker for Android . It's open source and on the Google Play/Apps store for free. It has an option to POST to my server the geolocation of any Android device I set it up on.