Symbiot

A modern GPS tracking application built with Laravel and OpenLayers for recording, processing and visualizing location data.

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Overview

Symbiot is a web application that allows users to manage GPS tracking sessions and visualize recorded routes on an interactive map.

The application is built using Laravel for the backend and OpenLayers for rendering maps, while Vite and Bootstrap provide a modern frontend development workflow.

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Features

• User authentication
• Device management
• GPS tracking sessions
• Route visualization using OpenLayers
• GeoJSON support
• Daily track filtering
• Interactive map
• Geoapify integration
• REST API
• Seeders with realistic GPS routes
• Queue processing
• Responsive Bootstrap interface

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Tech Stack

Backend

• Laravel 13
• PHP 8.4
• MySQL
• Sanctum

Frontend

• Bootstrap 5
• Vite
• OpenLayers
• JavaScript (ES Modules)

Maps

• OpenLayers
• Geoapify
• OpenStreetMap
• OSRM Routing API

Development

• PHPStan
• Laravel Pint
• Composer
• npm

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Installation

Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/nplesa/symbiot.git
cd symbiot

Install dependencies

composer install
npm install

Copy the environment file

cp .env.example .env

Generate the application key

php artisan key:generate

Configure the database in .env.

Run migrations

php artisan migrate

Seed demo data

php artisan db:seed

Build frontend assets

npm run build

Start the application

php artisan serve

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Project Structure

app/
 ├── Http/
 ├── Jobs/
 ├── Models/
 ├── Services/

resources/
 ├── css/
 ├── js/

routes/
database/

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Screenshots

Login

docs/images/login.png

Dashboard

docs/images/dashboard.png

GPS Tracking

docs/images/tracking.png

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API

Example endpoints

GET    /tracking/sessions
GET    /tracking/{session}/points
POST   /api/login
POST   /api/logout

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Development

Run PHPStan

vendor/bin/phpstan analyse

Run Pint

vendor/bin/pint

Build assets

npm run dev

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Future Improvements

• Live GPS tracking
• Route replay
• Speed analysis
• Elevation profile
• GPX import/export
• Heatmap visualization
• Statistics dashboard

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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Author

Nicolae Pleșa

GitHub

https://github.com/nplesa