Tracking / Trip recording
Tracking overview and options
Tracking in SeaPeople isn't intended for navigation purposes. We simplify tracks to conserve battery life. We recognize that many boaters have accumulated experiences before joining SeaPeople. Therefore, allowing users to draw past trips and import .gpx files provides them with the flexibility to incorporate as much of their previous boating history as they wish. Our live tracking feature is unique in it's combination of vessel selection, destination display, live trip sharing, crew tagging and mid-track notes (coming soon). Learn about the connectivity required and not required for your tracking HERE.
Tracking your adventures in SeaPeople allows you to:
Share your experiences with friends, family, and the boating community.
Maintain a digital logbook of your miles, photos, and memories.
Inspire others and expand your boating network through comments and kudos on your adventures.
From the tracking screen, you have three options for sharing adventures in SeaPeople:
Start and end tracking or leave it running?
Our advice:
Nobody wants to be tracked as they walk through the grocery store, or ride down the highway. If you are moving on the water, you should have tracking on. If you are shoreside, your time on the water has ended, we suggest ending the trip, creating a logbook entry (private or public), and resuming tracking with a new trip when you get underway again.
Long term tracking should be used for long passages. Friends can kudos and comment on the trip while you are underway if you toggle on 'go live while tracking' or you can end and restart tracking if you want to have logbook entries for legs, or segments, or an ocean passage.