Amit Rathi

How we ditched HTTP and transitioned to MQTT!

In the field of location tracking there needs to be lot of back-and-forth communication between devices and the backend. Device transmits location stream and health information (battery level, network strength, etc.). Backend processes this…

Battery Efficient Real-Time GPS Tracking

One question we frequently get asked is “How real time is your tracking experience?” When we respond saying it’s near real time (~4 second latency) the follow up is “You must be collecting GPS locations very frequently, what’s the impact on battery life?” The…

Our framework for real-time filtering of location streams

One of the biggest challenges with continuous location tracking is dealing with volatile quality of smartphone’s GPS readings. Numerous factors affect GPS accuracy such as:

• Quality of GPS receiver