GPS/Twitter

Bunneh
Bunneh Posts: 1,329
edited September 2012 in The cake stop
The other half worries about me when I'm out, whether I be riding home back from hers (around 45 miles) or training. Is there any app I can bung on my Android that would let her see where I am? I use Strava but can't see an option - maybe there's a way to 'Tweet' my location at regular 15m intervals with a map? I do normally text her but tend to forget when I'm in the 'zone' so to speak.
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  • marz
    marz Posts: 130
    A) How the heck did we survive before smart phones?

    and

    B) I use endomondo and set the wife up with an account. If she wants to see where I am she can log in and follow my blue dot. But she's never actually logged in to check.
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    I've not used it, but try here:-
    http://www.instamapper.com/
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • Dmak
    Dmak Posts: 445
    marz wrote:
    A) How the heck did we survive before smart phones?

    and

    B) I use endomondo and set the wife up with an account. If she wants to see where I am she can log in and follow my blue dot. But she's never actually logged in to check.

    Endomondo yes. If you want you can export from Endomondo and upload to Strava.
  • Dmak
    Dmak Posts: 445
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenalp.RealtimeTracker
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    Life 360 is another alternative. My wife uses it often to track whether I've moved or not.
    I ride a bike. Doesn't make me green or a tree hugger. I drive a car too.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    there is findfriends on iphone which works well
  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    Wow. Are you sure you want to encourage someone who wants to track your movements?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    find friends you can switch off when you are cavorting with other women, so only on when you are riding
  • straas
    straas Posts: 338
    I use google latitude whenever I'm travelling etc. so 'er indoors knows when to put dinner on etc.

    Easily turned on or off, think you add friends via google?
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  • dw300
    dw300 Posts: 1,642
    Google Latitude. Just turn it off when you're out with the girlfriend.
    All the above is just advice .. you can do whatever the f*ck you wana do!
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  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    Tom Dean wrote:
    Wow. Are you sure you want to encourage someone who wants to track your movements?

    It's almost scary
  • Bunneh
    Bunneh Posts: 1,329
    Cheers for the replies.

    I ride back from Crewe to Bolton every other week and she's nervous due to some of the roads I traverse. I've tried to get it as safe as I can, but there's still a couple of insanely dangerous A roads I need to use. So long as she can just check occasionally on my way back she'll stop worrying - unless the GPS fails and I haven't moved for an hour...
    http://www.youtube.com/user/Eurobunneh - My Youtube channel.
  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Best not stop for cake then..... :wink:
    None of the above should be taken seriously, and certainly not personally.
  • me-109
    me-109 Posts: 1,915
    Don't do this without considering what the 'next actions' should be. What to do if you've not moved for half an hour, an hour, two hours.... Jump in the car and drive there? Call the Police? Are you certain the technology is *really* working and what it's telling you is true? Could she be prepared for turning up and finding the worst? You've been hiding that pink ONCE jersey all these years!? :shock:
  • Tom Dean
    Tom Dean Posts: 1,723
    If the roads are genuinely 'insanely dangerous' get the train or something.

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