      Particle.publish("trk/dev", devJson, 60, PRIVATE);
 
 
-     int value = rand() * 100;
+    publishLevel();
+
+//          int value = rand() * 100;
+//     String sensorJson = String("{")
+//            + "\"level\":" + String::format("%d", value)
+//            + "}";
+//     Particle.publish("trk/level", sensorJson, 60, PRIVATE);
+}
+
+
+
+void publishLevel() {
+    int levelValue = getLevelReading();
+
+    accel.read();
+    float aX = accel.x;
+    float aY = accel.y;
+    float aZ = accel.z;
+
+
      String sensorJson = String("{")
-            + "\"level\":" + String::format("%d", value)
+            + "\"level\":" + String::format("%d", levelValue)
+            + ",\"tempF\":" + String::format("%d", 0)
+            + ",\"x\":" + String::format("%.2f", aX)
+            + ",\"y\":" + String::format("%.2f", aY)
+            + ",\"z\":" + String::format("%.2f", aZ)
+
             + "}";
-     Particle.publish("trk/level", sensorJson, 60, PRIVATE);
-}
-
+     Particle.publish("trk/env", sensorJson, 60, PRIVATE);
+}
+
+
+int getLevelReading() {
+
+    //
+    int emptyLevelValue = 3500;
+    int fullLevelValue = 1800;
+    // about 2 inches of water ->
+    //int levelValue = analogRead(D0) - 2434;
+
+    //delay(50);
+    int levelReading = analogRead(A4);
+    int levelValue = map(levelReading, fullLevelValue, emptyLevelValue, 0, 100);
+    levelValue = 100 - levelValue;  // flip it
+
+    Serial.println("water level is " + String(levelReading) + " percentage full is " + String(levelValue));
+
+    return levelValue;
+}
 
 int crc8(String str) {
   int len = str.length();




    //
    String trkJsonLoc = String("{")
        // does this correctly indicate if this value is stale?
        //+ "\"c_hour\":" + String::format("%d", _cell_locate.hour)
        //+ ",\"c_min\":" + String::format("%d", _cell_locate.minute)
        + "\"c_lat\":" + String(convertDegMinToDecDeg(GPS.latitude))
        + ",\"c_lng\":" + String(convertDegMinToDecDeg(GPS.longitude))
        + ",\"c_unc\":" + String(GPS.fixquality)
        + ",\"c_alt\":" + String(GPS.altitude)
        + "}";
     Particle.publish("trk/loc", trkJsonLoc, 60, PRIVATE);


    float batteryVoltage = fuel.getVCell();


unsigned long lastMotion = 0;
unsigned long lastPublish = 0;
unsigned long lastReading = 0;
time_t lastIdleCheckin = 0;

#define PUBLISH_DELAY (60 * 1000)
