Finally got around to doing this (see earlier post on same topic: GPS and Maps).
Put a video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r_SwUAjLiwo
Probably can be done better, but solves what I was wanting to do. The video has a description of what I did.
Have to say Shotcut is fantastic software.
Great, Bryan!
Would you like to describe your final workflow and tools used here? I am trying to do similar for ebike tours. I recognized your arrow marker is a little bit ahead of where you are actually driving - just a tiny bit.
To make it more interesting audio vise you could opt for a better windproof mic or just add some audio infos afterwards when editing - just say something 
Also you could stop at some scenic points and have a look in the beautiful countryside
Workflow is pretty much as described in the YouTube video description.
I’ve got a Zoom H1N for recording, just didn’t bother with this video as it was just a test of the GPS stuff.
Hope that helps
Looking Good.
Having watched your video, the thought came to me that rather than collecting the GPS data on your phone to recreate the mapping, that you could directly capture the map video on your phone.
My Samsung phone comes with a built in screen recorder app. (Other apps available).
Just start the map app and screen recorder and it should give a similar map recording.
Something to try?
That’s true, and while it may seem to be simpler by removing one step in the process, I think it would end up being a sub-optimal way to do it.
If you’re just collecting GPS data, your phone uses no mobile data, and generates a trivially small kml/gpx file. If you’re going to create the map in real time, you’re going to have probably a minimum of 3 sec GPS points, which means you need map data quite frequently, without offline maps you’re going to use a lot of mobile data. If you’re recording at a reasonable resolution, even at 24fps, that movie file will get big pretty fast, and drain your battery quick smart, even allowing for your phone having the processing power to actually do this.
I think it would be easier to generate the movie post GPS collection so you can tweak the camera angle, elevation, imagery etc to your liking (which of course you could do apriori for real time movie generation, but if you decided you wanted to tweak them after, you still need to re-generate the movie).
My take on it, YMMV
Thank you, Bryan, sounds interesting.
Instead of using GE pro did you ttry GE Studio?
Its already an animation tools with keyframing available, you even can set time of day and export the
tour as images to your computer or use the GE cloud service to do the complete rendering and recieve the mp4 file. it still has some bugs and is still in beta and you have to apply to use it.
But it is far better than GE pro regarding imagery and detail for 3d objects if you want to use it.
Also the keyframing of camera views, time of day etc. is great.
Not sure if you can easily import the GIS data as kml or gpx, but i think it will work.
Have to try that out. What GPS tracker would you recommend to use on a google pixel phone?
Freely available would be nice
cheers, Rilo
I had a very quick look at Studio, but not enough to know how to drive it
The GPS app I used is
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.basicairdata.graziano.gpslogger
It’s free and was one of the first I found. Seems to work fine for just logging GPS points.
Thanks, Bryan!
GE Studio is really not that difficult if you are used to keyframing. Just move your camera, keyframe, go 5 sec. ahead, move your camera, keyframe and so on. You have to adjust the bezier curve handles to get the movement really smooth, that needs a bit of practice.
Ah, gps logger, i had a quick look into that, will give it a try
Hi Bryan,
Nicely done, great job!
I’m new to working with geodata and happy to see any interesting cases like your app.
I read a guide on creating a location-aware app. It says that so-called assisted GPS is more accurate and drains less battery charge. What technology is used in your project? Is that pure GPS only? I’m asking your app geolocates pretty accurately.
Best Regards,
Christopher
I used this Android app:
I have a spare phone with no sim (not needed for GPS) which captures all the GPS points. I use 3 sec intervals, which for my purposes is plenty frequent enough. The app exports either a kml or gpx file which I load into Google Earth Pro. The I “play” the tour in GEP and use a screen capture app to capture the video. (Note you can set the speed of the video in GEP - I use x10).
I then import that video as a new video track into Shotcut, change the properties so speed is .1x to get it back to the same speed as my action cam video, then merge the two.
There’s probably more trick ways to do all this, but this workflow works fine for my use case.
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