netAPRS

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People

I have just uploaded a new copy of netAPRS. Because of the nature of the changes I believe that you will all need to download the full install. I have added some GPS features. They are not fully debugged, but are getting there.

Changes in this relase

  1. Basic beaconing. VERY basic. And it only allows the use of AGWPE.

  2. Loading GPS positions and displaying them on a display with satellite constellation shown. This is the reason that you need the full install.

  3. New menu to find a map at the current location. [Coming later will be a function to find the best map in Ozi] [Sorry Brian, finding a location in Ozi is not something that I can do at the moment]

  4. Implemented Compressed packets.

There are also numerous other changes. The software can be downloaded from

http://www.radio-active.net.au/web/tracking/netaprs.html

Other things… Blogs

I am now running a BLOG. This is sort of an on-line diary. You can read it by looking at www.radio-active.net.aublog – but I normally use a program such as SharpReader and feed in a strange URL such as http://www.2rss.com/atom2rss.php?atom=http%3A//www.radio-active.net.au/blog/atom.xml and it will tell you when I have written something new… It is sort of like Email without the email.

And I would encourage you all to visit Blogger.com and have a think about starting your own Blog. But make sure you tell me about it too.

GPRS…

Most of you know that I do GPS tracking for a living… This includes building custom hardware and software… Current cute projects include building a cute GPRS tracker with my own software inside. This device will even connect direct to APRS.NET and send the positions to the server itself when on the road. And if it is down, it will know and send it to a backup machine.

Right now I am not sending the data to APRS.NET but to my own server. What I am playing with is WebServices, where users load a small version of netAPRS on their own PC, and it grabs all the positions every 30 seconds over the web. And it only sends positions for vehicles you are authorized which makes things good in the commercial environment. When I have more information I will let you all know about it. I am not trying to sell it to the members of this list (although I would be happy to tell you about the details off-list) – I want people to realize where the tracking world is going…

Darryl