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1 | | -# G.O. Tracker |
| 1 | +# Building a Geo Tracker App in Titanium |
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3 | | -This app is an Open Source work in progress by [Appcelerator](http://www.appcelerator.com) Developer Evangelist [Fokke Zandbergen](http://fokkezb.nl). He plans to [cycle 400km](http://fokkezb.nl/rwanda) through Rwanda in June 2016 and raise €10.000 for the work of [Compassion](http://www.compassion.com/): *Releasing children from poverty in Jesus' name*. |
| 3 | +I have big plans this summer. I hope to cycle 400km through Rwanda (Africa) and raise €10,000 in funds for Compassion, a children aid charity. [Read more about these two challenges](http://fokkezb.nl/rwanda). |
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| 5 | +Obviously this means I'm on my bike a lot these days. I've been tracking all my rides using [Ride with GPS](https://ridewithgps.com) from the start, but a few weeks ago I wondered how easy it would be to build such a GPS tracker myself in Titanium. |
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| 7 | +So, I present to you... |
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| 9 | +## G.O. Tracker 4 Compassion |
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| 11 | +Pronounced *"geo" Tracker*, this initial version simply tracks your geolocation. You can view your previous routes on a map or browse through the individual data points. I plan to add more features in the next two months as I start to use the app for my own rides and hope to have it fairly complete by the time I go to Rwanda in June. |
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7 | | -## License |
| 15 | +<p align="center"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nl.fokkezb.tracker" target="_blank"><img alt="Get it on Google Play" src="https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/images/apps/en-play-badge.png" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/g.o.-tracker-4-compassion/id1100240821?ls=1&mt=8" target="_blank"><img src="https://devimages.apple.com.edgekey.net/app-store/marketing/guidelines/images/badge-download-on-the-app-store.svg" width="150" /></a></p> |
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| 17 | +## Learn from the source |
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| 19 | +As an Appcelerator Developer Evangelist I help developers to build Native Mobile Apps and APIs in JavaScript. One way I do this is by building and blogging about [sample apps](https://github.com/appcelerator-developer-relations). |
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| 21 | +In this spirit I [open sourced the app on GitHub](https://github.com/fokkezb/tracker) and as I continue to develop the app I will publish blog posts to guide you through the code and share some best practices. |
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| 23 | +## Contribute to the app...or to Compassion |
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| 25 | +I use [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/fokkezb/tracker/issues) to track planned features, enhancements and bugs. Feel free to contribute ideas there, or help me resolve them and send a PR. I will list the names of all contributors on the app's *Settings* screen. |
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| 27 | +Of course you are also more then welcome to [contribute to Compassion](http://fokkezb.nl/rwanda). |
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| 29 | +I'll follow up with the first blog post on the app source code soon. |
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| 31 | +Code Strong, Code with Compassion! 🚴 |
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9 | | -This software is licensed under [MIT](http://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/). Learn from it and use it in any way you want, as long as you include the copyright notice and permission notice in [LICENSE](LICENSE), including the link to [http://fokkezb.nl/rwanda](http://fokkezb.nl/rwanda). Also consider to [donate](https://www.muskathlon.com/en-us/athletes/1134/fokke-zandbergen.html) to Compassion. |
| 33 | +> This software is licensed under [MIT](http://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/). Learn from it and use it in any way you want, as long as you include the copyright notice and permission notice in [LICENSE](LICENSE), including the link to [http://fokkezb.nl/rwanda](http://fokkezb.nl/rwanda). Also consider to [donate](https://www.muskathlon.com/en-us/athletes/1134/fokke-zandbergen.html) to Compassion. |
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