Traccar 3.0

June 27, 2015

Long-awaited new version of web interface is finally ready. Version 3.0 of Traccar GPS tracking system is available for download.

WARNING: it includes a lot of major changes since last release, so I expect that there will be a fair amount of bugs especially on the web side. So, if you need stability I would recommend to skip this release.

WARNING: database structure has changed, so if you want to keep your data, you need to copy data from old database tables to the new ones.

This is a first major update in a long time. The main feature is the completely rewritten in pure JavaScript web interface. For initial release the target was to implement same functionality as the old version, so there is not much difference in terms of new user visible features.

There are a lot of under the hood changes and improvements:

• All string used in web interface are now located in single file which should make it easy to implement localization
• Proper password hashing with salt will significantly improve security of user data over old plain-text approach
• Live instant updates of current locations using long polling instead of periodic updates implemented in old web interface
• New JSON API to allow developers to easily implement their own web or mobile interface for Traccar GPS system
• As new web interface doesn't use GWT RPC any more, it should be possible to proxy Traccar to integrate it with existing websites and add SSL support
• All database queries are now configurable to allow more flexibility and SQL optimizations
• New reverse geocoding provider support (Gisgraphy) and major changes to the module which would allow to customize address output in future

New web interface is based on ExtJS 5.1 JavaScript library and OpenLayers library version 3 for map drawing. Initial release points to the debug versions of the libraries to allow easier investigation of possible problems, but in future it will use minified versions to improve performance even more.

In addition to that there are quite a few bug fixes and of course support for new protocols:

• Tytan - GPS device manufacturer from Poland
• Avl301 - protocol used by Tzone AVL301 GPS tracker
• Castel - protocol for SinoCastel GPS devices
• MXT - MaxTrack MXT protocol (Brazil)

One of the features planned for the next release is support for commands. I expect it to be ready soon, so Subscribe to get notified about new releases and other updates.

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