Real-time gps tracking with gsm data connectivity

[adolfus]

I would like to build or have a 3g gsm gps tracker which would display geo location on google maps in real-time. The solution must have the following;

•Raspberry pi 3
•The gps receiver or module on the (raspberry pi) device must be quick and can quickly send the co-coordinates/location.
•The location data is accurate or very near accurate.
•Has open apis which would allow for the location to be displayed on google maps in real-time.
•Has internet connectivity via gsm data sim and usb data dongle.

Apart from raspberry pi 3 what other components or modules would be needed?

[adafruit_support_mike]

You'd need a GPS module like the one on the GPS Hat: https://www.adafruit.com/product/2324

If you want to display map data, you'll need some kind of screen. We have them in all sizes, including our line of PiTFT boards that plug directly onto the RasPi, and can fit on top of a GPS Hat if you use stacking header:

https://www.adafruit.com/categories/804
https://www.adafruit.com/products/1979

[adolfus]

Apart from having the real-time map data displayed on the PiTFT I also need to have it displayed on the web. Internet connectivity on the raspberry pi would be needed for this. What or which data sim component or module do you recommend should be used?

[adafruit_support_mike]

Do you expect the RasPi to be within range of a Wifi connection, or do you need a connection through a cell phone?

[adolfus]

I need an internet connection through the cell phone data.

[adafruit_support_mike]

In that case, you'd probably want one of our FONA modules:

https://www.adafruit.com/?q=fona