is it possible to get GPS data from thingspeak to web realtime?
ahlul almustaqfiri
on 20 Jul 2023
Latest activity Reply by Christopher Stapels
on 20 Jul 2023
i want to make a gps tracker with gps data from thingspeak..can i get the data realtime and implement it with google maps api?
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yes its possible
Here is an example of how to get the GPS data from Thingspeak in real time:
import requests
def get_gps_data():
url = "https://api.thingspeak.com/channels/12345/fields/1/last.json"
response = requests.get(url)
if response.status_code == 200:
return response.json()
else:
return None
def main():
gps_data = get_gps_data()
if gps_data is not None:
latitude = gps_data["latitude"]
longitude = gps_data["longitude"]
print(latitude, longitude)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
This code will get the latest GPS data from the Thingspeak channel with the ID 12345. The latitude and longitude data will be printed to the console.
Once you have the GPS data, you can use the Google Maps API to plot it on a map. Here is an example of how to do this:
import requests
import googlemaps
def plot_gps_data(latitude, longitude):
gmaps = googlemaps.Client(key="YOUR_API_KEY")
map_options = {
"center": (latitude, longitude),
"zoom": 15,
}
map = gmaps.map(**map_options)
marker = gmaps.marker((latitude, longitude))
marker.plot(map)
def main():
latitude = 37.42193
longitude = -122.08437
plot_gps_data(latitude, longitude)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
This code will plot a marker on a Google Map at the specified latitude and longitude.
That is python code. I wonder if that is what the OP meant? MATLAB can handle python code, but not as easily in the ThingSpeak online version.
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