GPS feed to plot the location on the Map

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hi, how do I create an object on the map and feed it with a constant stream of Lat & Long?

I have a NodeRed flow that captures the Lat and Long from a mobile device and want to see the position plotted on the map of the device, the same way a person is plotted that has the app on their phone…

I can only get the lat/long and nothing else from the device so can’t install the app to have it provide the updates.

thanks

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Have a look at device_tracker.see

It creates a device tracker using lat / lon

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Hi, would this be for an existing device, or new one? and will it show on the Map in Lovelace?

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It can create a new device_tracker and yes it can be displayed on map

Have a search on here, there’s lots of examples

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So I currently have a Lat and Long being stored in an input_text entity (inserted by NodeRed), I can change the format of storage but it currently looks like 53.0095185 -1.20793433
Or I can craft a Call Service node to call a service instead of dumping the values in an input_text, but I’m struggling to get to grips with the device tracker functions in HA. It currently in maps only shows devices mobiles that have the app installed.
Is there a tutorial I can follow to make this happen?
Thanks

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Have a look here:

I think it would be easier if you could create a sensor for each of the lat and lon. I don’t use NR so not sure you can use that, but if not you could use a couple of template sensors

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All resolved. I’ll do a run down on my solution in a couple of days. thanks

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hello can you explain your solution I also need a object on the map THX

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Hi,

Did you ever post this? I am in the same situation and can’t figure it out.

Thanks !!

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Same thing here. I’m surprised this still hasn’t been addressed yet. lol Lets just show a track on a map, or be able to import gpx files into the map.

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Sorry, no, I’ll try and find some time this weekend to post up a short tutorial. :smiley:

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Hi dougle03,
i’m interested in your solution. Actually i have the same problem and i’m not sure how to solve.

Thank you very much!