Collect Route made GPS - Maps

For an application that uses routes, the google API is essential. For the other features here are some ideas:

• If the system will show the average speed to the user, you could do a function that every time X took the speed at which the user is and in the end perform a simple average.
• To save the path you can save the Latitude and Longitude of the start point and endpoint in the database.
• To calculate the distance of points, you can perform the mathematical formula of Haversine, which is used to calculate the distance of two points in a sphere from the longitude and latitude. Here

Before thinking about the functions of a study in the API of Google that can be very complex, not to mention the prices $$. It is also worth taking a look at the broadcasting services, after all the application will make updates in real time.

Recommendations:

• Keys to google api: Maplink
• Real-time application service: Pusher

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