OziAPRS Features

oziAPRS

Distributed Positioning for OziExplorer

OziAPRS - APRS for OziExplorer - is a distributed positioning system for OziExplorer that allows positions created on one OziExplorer terminal to appear on all other OziExplorer terminals on the network.

As an evolving program, maintaining the documentation of the features becomes increasingly difficult. This page is designed to assist in outlining the features of the OziAPRS suite. We will attempt to keep this page up to date, but it may lag the actual software.

Radioactive Networks then worked out that getting positions from other computers running the OziExplorer software did not provide a very good incentive to invest in the software, so we extended it to allow GPS receivers in the field to send their data back directly to the OziAPRS network. This would include devices such as

	WMCS M110 GPRS Tracking Unit
	Byonics TinyTrak III Radio Tracking Modem
	Any AX25 radio modem
	Almost any TCP/IP wireless GPS units
	Almost any laptop with a GPS and wireless Internet
	No TNC needed with the AGWPE interface
	Accepts data from WinCE trackers thanks to NetGPS

OziAPRS is a part of a FULL GIS system that allows moving objects to be tracked in real time and displayed on networked computers. The software will soon have the ability to contact other OziAPRS stations and track their positions in real time

Capabilities

	Display positions in OziExplorer gathered over the Internet
	Distribute GPS positions from GPS units attached to OziExplorer
	Operate as a server for other OziAPRS clients to connect creating a GPS position network.
	Downloads APRS positions from APRS compliant internet servers
	Track any internet position as a TRACK in OziExplorer
	Display internet positions in sortable table format.
	Handle MAP files>50MB and zoom from 25% to 800% and a large number of map projections and user calibration points
	AGWPE Support. Support for NetGPS. I have now included a small server for NetGPS inside OziAPRS. This service listens on port-80 for connections from NetGPS Windows and WinCE GPS devices. This should allow many users with wireless PDA's and a GPS receiver to now send position updates to OziAPRS. NetGPS can be obtained from http://www.gpsvehiclenavigation.com/GPS/netgps.php. OziAPRS will not send data back to the NetGPS OziExplorer software since that software is designed to monitor one NetGPS device only.
	Updated Support for GPRS modems I have re-written the support for GPRS modems such as the WMCS M110 Unit (www.wmcs.net) and this should be more reliable. I have also written a small emulator for the M110 unit that I have used for testing that can be downloaded from my OziAPRS pages.