Tracking code to Google sheets for lat & long

General
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So i got my cleaned and working, it took me time to understand the logic to be able to edit it. I am currently using IFTTT to get my lat and long on a google sheets document. My goal is: i am trying to map the tracking device i have which is built up like this ‘https://blog.particle.io/2019/05/17/learn-how-to-build-this-cellular-asset-tracker-with-a-particle-boron/’ without the oled screen, to map my current location on google maps.

Here is my edited and cleaned code (note: i kept some display because it was causing errors, if someone can spot anything that can remove them without affecting the lat and long please let me know.


// dependencies.AssetTrackerRK=0.1.7
// dependencies.oled-wing-adafruit=0.0.5


// Port of TinyGPS for the Particle AssetTracker
// https://github.com/mikalhart/TinyGPSPlus
#include "TinyGPS++.h"

#include "oled-wing-adafruit.h"

SYSTEM_THREAD(ENABLED);

/*
   This sample sketch demonstrates the normal use of a TinyGPS++ (TinyGPSPlus) object directly.
 */

void displayInfo(); // forward declaration

const unsigned long PUBLISH_PERIOD = 15000;
const unsigned long SERIAL_PERIOD = 5000;
const unsigned long MAX_GPS_AGE_MS = 10000; // GPS location must be newer than this to be considered valid

// The TinyGPS++ object
TinyGPSPlus gps;
unsigned long lastSerial = 0;
unsigned long lastPublish = 0;
unsigned long startFix = 0;
bool gettingFix = false;

OledWingAdafruit display;


void setup()
{
    Serial.begin(9600);
    
    // The GPS module on the AssetTracker is connected to Serial1 and D6
    Serial1.begin(9600);

    // Settings D6 LOW powers up the GPS module
    pinMode(D6, OUTPUT);
    digitalWrite(D6, LOW);
    startFix = millis();
    gettingFix = true;

    display.setup();
    display.clearDisplay();
    display.display();
}

void loop()
{
    display.loop();

    while (Serial1.available() > 0) {
        if (gps.encode(Serial1.read())) {
            displayInfo();
        }
    }
}

void displayInfo()
{
    if (millis() - lastSerial >= SERIAL_PERIOD) {
        lastSerial = millis();

        char buf[128];
        char pubbuf[120];
        if (gps.location.isValid() && gps.location.age() < MAX_GPS_AGE_MS) {

            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%f,%f", gps.location.lat(), gps.location.lng());
            snprintf(pubbuf, sizeof(pubbuf),  "%f,%f", gps.location.lat(), gps.location.lng());
            
            Serial.println(pubbuf);
            
            if (gettingFix) {
                gettingFix = false;
                unsigned long elapsed = millis() - startFix;
                Serial.printlnf("%lu milliseconds to get GPS fix", elapsed);
            }
        }
        else {
            strcpy(buf, "no location");
            if (!gettingFix) {
                gettingFix = true;
                startFix = millis();
            }
        }
        Serial.println(buf);

        if (Particle.connected()) {
            if (millis() - lastPublish >= PUBLISH_PERIOD) {
                lastPublish = millis();
                Particle.publish("gps", buf, PRIVATE);
            }
        }
    }

}
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Which errors?

3

so when i delete the remaining display it gives me weird symbols in the events console

4

Weird symbols in a string typically suggest that a string is either not properly filled or not terminated.
How does one such corrupted string look?
Do you see these weird symbols in the serial monitor too?

5

Im not really sure, when i type in my comand the serial monitor -follow it just keeps on running and nothing ever happens (what’s weird is i see on the top of my command window gash, git, python alternating every second)