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MacAPRS
Macintosh Automatic Position Reporting System
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APRS was developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, to track boats and vehicles using GPS and
packet radio. APRS has developed into a very popular position reporting system for use
by amateur radio. APRS was introduced at the 1993 ARRL Computer Networking Conference
in New Jersey.
APRS is a multi-faceted system used primarily within Amateur Radio for tracking many
different types of things. APRS is used for tracking Weather, for tracking moving cars,
boats, weather balloons, and many other things. It can also be used as a Graphics
Information System for many different aspects of Amateur Radio, including graphically
monitoring a DX Cluster.
MacAPRS was written by Keith Sproul, WU2Z and Mark Sproul, KB2ICI
MacAPRS and PC APRS are available on ftp.tapr.org and ftp.ucsd.edu
There is a discussion group about APRS on the TAPR list server. To subscribe to this
mailing list, send e-mail to listserv@tapr.org with the following command in the
message text:
subscribe aprssig {your name}
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APRS makes extensive use of maps for displaying its data. Below are some sample maps
from MacAPRS.
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MacAPRS for the non-Ham
MacAPRS was originally written for Ham Radio, but it has rapidly grown to be a very
extensive GPS program usable by anyone with a Macintosh and a GPS unit. This Web site
is being updated to include information for non-ham people to learn more about MacAPRS
and GPS.
MacAPRS has many capabilities. It has the following data bases built-in:
US 5-digit Postal Zipcode
18,000 US airports and 4,000 foreign airports
You can do searches on the airport data base and show where anyone is on the maps. You
can also calculate distances between points.
MacAPRS for Balloon and Model Rocket Tracking
MacAPRS has several features specifically for tracking balloons and model rockets.
E-Mail Addresses of the Authors
MacAPRS Keith Sproul, WU2Z, ksproul@noc.rutgers.edu and Mark Sproul, KB2ICI
sproul@ap.org
PC APRS Bob Bruninga, WB4APR bruninga@greatlakes.nadn.navy.mil
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Other APRS Infomration
DOS-APRS Documentation
Other APRS Web Sites
California APRS Info
Ralph Fowler's APRS Home Page
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Other GPS (Global Positioning System) Web Sites
An Overview of GPS (U-Texas)
NMEA-0183
GPS Vendor
Australian GPS Info
GPS TIME DATA (NASA)
Rockwell PCMCIA NavCard
Enuxsa.eas.asu.edu
Enuxsa.eas.asu.edu/geo
NMEA-0183 and GPS Info (Peter Bennett)Includes some GPS programs
If you know of other GPS Web sites that should be added to this list, please send me
E-Mail. ksproul@noc.rutgers.edu
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