triangulator

A web app to use measurements of multiple listeners in order to triangulate a (misbehaving) radio station

• consists of a web app (using phonegap or a browser) and a web service (using flask)
• allows users to send measurements including their location and a bearing
• combines these measurements to display a google map with all the current measurements plotted
• requires registration and login
• allows users to start a new search or select a current search
• a search consists of a frequency, a start time and a short description

API

/api/searches/

• GET: list of searches
• POST(/PUT): create new search returns: ID of new search

/api/searches/x

• GET: current map of search
• PUT(/POST): send new measurement headers:
  • own location
  • bearing
  • strenght

/api/users/

• POST: register as new user headers:
  • email address
  • password
  • location

All calls except api/users require basic auth.

Running

build:

docker build -t triangulator

run:

docker run -ti -p 8001:8001 -e KEY=googlemapsapikey triangulator <admin password>

or:

docker run -ti -p 8001:8001 -v /path/to/app.db:/app/app.db -e KEY=googlemapsapikey triangulator <admin password>