# GPS tracking with LoRa **URL:** \ **Category:** LMIC\ **Created:** [May 3, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/gps-tracking-with-lora/25647 "2019-05-03T17:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 36
**Author:** ![BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/borroz/32/44234_2.png) [@BoRRoZ](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/BoRRoZ)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 10:20am UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/gps-tracking-with-lora/25647/36 "2019-05-04T10:20:11Z")
> [@Best practices when sending GPS location data \[HowTo\]](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/best-practices-when-sending-gps-location-data/1242): > > I’m trying to combine some information found in other posts, as a reference for a future FAQ or Wiki page. It seems: Moving nodes should switch off Adaptive Data Rate ([or do they?](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/smallest-expected-node/568/81)), and [always send with the slowest rate (SF12)](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/location-by-triangulation/435/33) (or do they? as [fixed SF11 or SF12 is not allowed](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/can-i-register-an-abp-device-that-has-fixed-devaddr-nwkskey-and-appskey/3831/16)!), and hence are [bound to a maximum application payload length of 51 bytes](https://www.lora-alliance.org/portals/0/specs/LoRaWAN%20Specification%201R0.pdf#page=36)? On SF12 a maximum frame of 51 bytes [will take almost 2.5 seconds to transmit](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/parse-data-with-node-red/835/2)? On SF12, when all 51 bytes are needed, so when sending for … --- _[View the full topic](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/gps-tracking-with-lora/25647)._