Getting Started

Where Is Tereza? is a real-time GPS tracking platform for the journeys that matter — long walks, road trips, expeditions, pilgrimages. This guide gets you from sign-up to a live shareable trip in about ten minutes.

What you'll need

• An email address (we use magic-link sign in — no password to remember).
• A phone or GPS device that can publish location updates. We support several free apps and the Garmin® inReach® satellite messengers; see Compatible applications for the full list.
• A trip you want to share — or just curiosity.

Step 1 — Sign up

Open the home page and click Start free trial. Enter your email; we send you a one-time link. Click it within fifteen minutes and you're in.

The trial is fourteen days. No credit card is required to start; you choose a plan when you're ready, and you can cancel anytime.

Step 2 — Create your organization

Right after sign-up you're asked for an organization name and a slug. The slug becomes part of your public URLs (app.whereistereza.com/o/yourname). Pick something short and memorable — it's hard to change later.

Your organization is a tenant. All your trips, settings, photos and team members live inside it.

Step 3 — Connect a GPS source

In the org admin under GPS sources, generate a tracking token. Then configure your phone app or device to POST GPS updates to the URL we display. Each device is independent; you can connect more than one and mix them freely on the same map.

The fastest path is OwnTracks on iOS or Android — see the Quickstart with OwnTracks.

Step 4 — Create a trip

Trips are time windows over your GPS stream. In the admin, click New trip, give it a name, set start and end dates, choose visibility (public / unlisted / private), and save.

Tracking starts automatically when the start time arrives, and stops on the end. You don't need to remember to flip a switch.

Step 5 — Share

Each trip has a share URL. Anyone with the link can see the live map, the daily statistics, and the route as it draws itself. Public trips are visible to anyone; unlisted trips need the URL; private trips require sign-in.

That's it — your journey is being shared. From here you can add photos in place, define privacy zones to hide sensitive locations, set up email notifications for subscribers, and more.

What's next

• Quickstart with OwnTracks — the easiest way to get a phone tracking in five minutes.
• Compatible applications — full list of supported devices and apps.
• Privacy & data control — how to keep what you don't want to share off the map.
• Analytics glossary — what every number on the dashboard means.

Need help? Contact support · Where Is Tereza?