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- presentaties
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date: 2018-11-15T10:31:43+02:00
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description: ""
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layout: event-talk
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tags:
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- owntracks
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title: "Jan-Piet Mens - The Story of OwnTracks"
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speakers:
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- jan-piet-mens
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presentation:
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filename: 2018-11-15-jan-piet-mens-the-story-of-owntracks.pdf
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recording:
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platform: youtube
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url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOkit8TVUd8
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## Abstract
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OwnTracks let you track your own location (hence the name) via your own equipment. It is an Open Source project which produces Android and iOS apps.
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In this talk, we tell you a bit about the crazy idea of how OwnTracks came to be, and some of the applications we've know people are using it for. We'll show you some of the eco-system around it. OwnTracks also produces a "protocol" which is implemented in the Recorder and for openHAB and Home Assistant, Traccar, etc.
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## Biography
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Jan-Piet Mens is an independent Unix/Linux consultant and sysadmin who's worked with Unix-systems since 1985. Jan-Piet does odd bits of coding, and has architected infrastructure at major customers throughout Europe.
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One of his specialities is the Domain Name System and as such, he authored the book Alternative DNS Servers as well as a variety of other technical publications, and he launched the MQTT-based Open Source OwnTracks project. |