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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:43:41 -0700
From: "Stephen H. Smith" <wa8lmf2_at_aol.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Re: APRSPOINT
victorf_at_windreader.com wrote:
>This was posted on the NG sci.geo.satellite-nav this week. It is from
>the author of APRSPoint. I suggest that you check his web site:
>
>>If you have Microsoft Streets or AutoRoute, you have all you need for
>>live APRS tracking. Now you can take advantage of the superior maps
>>that comes with it and use it with APRSPoint. We have update the
>>installation process of APRSPoint so that it now supports Streets or
>>AutoRoute. You can visit http://www.aprspoint.com for a free download
>>and trial.
>
>I have used APRSPoint to track manned gas balloons flying in
>competition from ABQ, NM for the past several years (in October) and
>found it gets the job done. With S&T it is a usable and inexpensive
>solution for my tracking needs. Note that I have used it with MapPoint
>as I am a registered user. I am also a registered user of APRSPoint. I
>will be switching to S&T for this year's event however.
The information on his website is a paraphrasing (with attribution) of my
original post on this list about two years ago.
Note that you CAN NOT use Streets & Trips by itself. You can only use S &
T's DATA files to update the data in a MapPoint installation. You MUST
have MapPoint first. APRSpoint and UIview (via the UI-Point plugin) can
only talk to MapPoint, not Streets.
His "NAsetup" and "EUsetup" are actually the program part of MapPoint minus
the data files, even down to the included Internet Explorer 6.0 installer
that updates any earlier version of IE when MapPoint is installed. Not
sure how he is getting away with redistributing parts of MapPoint for
free.
MapPoint and Streets/Autoroute differ from each other by only one.exe file.
The user interface and features are 95% identical. The major difference is
that MapPoint is a semi-professional GIS tool that has analytical tools for
importing, plotting and color-coding multiple layers of data directly from
external programs. MapPoint also has an extensive programming interface
for attaching 3rd party programs. I have routinely installed both
MapPoint 2006 and Streets 2006 into the same folder which I usually name
"StreetsPoint" for North America and "RoutePoint for Europe. Both
applications will happily use the same database, even at the same time.
The main reason for this is that maddeningly, Streets and MapPoint save
the same map annotations, pushpin overlays and tracked paths into files
with different formats and extensions. Streets uses a file with the
extension.est while MapPoint uses a different format with the extension
.ptm.
Anything tracked with APRSpoint or UIview/UI-Point will be saved into the
MapPoint.ptm format. On the other hand, most other people are far more
likely to have the $30 Streets rather than the $300 MapPoint. You can open
both programs at the same time, select and copy markers and tracks from
MapPoint, then paste them into Streets where they will go to the exact same
location. You can then save the map layout in Street's ..est format for
distribution or emailing to others.
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:59:24 -0700
From: Mark Fellhauer <sparkfel_at_qwest.net>
Subject: [aprssig] AIS Live Online
http://www.shinemicro.com/Live.asp
APRS-like system for Boats, Ships, and SAR Aircraft
73,
Mark
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:04:17 -0400
From: "Brian B. Riley" <brianbr_at_mac.com>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] D7's,D700's and TinyTrak
You guys are behind the times... Wes Johnston did this with a Basic Stamp
and the serial line 3-4 years ago. The problem with it is that if TT or OT
decides to 'squawk' when you are in the middle of doing ANYTHING (lists,
message input) you lose it and it winds up back at the standard display.
This could however work by adding a pushbutton on the Stamp box, the
pushing of which says "for the next 90 seconds don't do anything"... just a
thought. By the way instead of a $50 BS2, it could be done with a $3.50
PICAXE 08M, there's a 'trick' to getting 9600 baud serial out, but it works
and is reliable.
---
cheers... 73 de brian riley, n1bq, underhill center, vermont
Home of the
K107 Serial LCD Controller Kit FT817 Power Conditioner Kit
Tab Robot Laser Tag Kit MSP430 Chips and Connectors
Propeller Robot Controller SX48 "Tech Board" Kit
PICAXE chips, boards, and accessories
>On Mar 7, 2007, at 6:24 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>
>You don't even need to interface to the buttons on the
>display. Remember that the D7 and D700 respond to
>serial port commands even while in APRS mode. You
>just have to issue BCON 0\n BCON 1\n over the serial
>port and the radio will beacon. You can also change
>the beacon rate via the serial port too which gives
>you the smart beaconing rate.
>
>I had planned on doing this with a microcontroller
>piggy-backed on the serial port and listening to the
>GPS feed directly. A Y-cable would split the GPS data
>between this microcontroller and the radio. I also
>thought about having a pass-through serial port so the
>microcontroller could be left on the radio and still
>allow a computer to be connected. But that's a little
>more work than just tracking and adjusting the radio's
>parameters.
>
>>Message: 4
>>Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:46:38 -0800 (PST)
>>From: Steve Noskowicz <noskosteve_at_yahoo.com>
>>Subject: [aprssig] D7's,D700's and TinyTrak
>>(Rod,VE1BSK)
>>To: aprssig_at_lists.tapr.org
>>Message-ID:
>><922611.52700.qm_at_web35315.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
>>
>>Rod,
>>Where there's a will...
>>Another idea FWIW. Would probably require an
>>additional 555 timer, but...
>>The top row of buttons on the D700 Mic are
>>hardware inputs to the radio. I use the one set
>>to BCON to force a skwawk when I want. The radio
>>skwawks when BCON is first turned on. The TT
>>could be interfaced there also. The correct
>>resistor value is needed.
>>Set one of these mic buttons to the BCON function (
>>I don't recall if that is one of the defaults
>>or a custom setting), then have the TT turn on BCON
>>when it needs to skwawk -- then shortly
>>after, turn it off (the 555's job).
>>73, Steve, K9DCI
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:41:34 -0700
From: "Keith VE7GDH" <ve7gdh_at_rac.ca>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] AIS Live Online
Mark (callsign) wrote...
>http://www.shinemicro.com/Live.asp
>APRS-like system for Boats, Ships, and SAR Aircraft
"Automatic Identification System (AIS) is used for identifying and
monitoring maritime traffic..."
"The AIS is a shipboard broadcast system that acts like a transponder,
operating in the VHF maritime band, that is capable of handling well over
4,500 reports per minute and updates as often as every two seconds. It uses
Self-Organizing Time Division Multiple Access (SOTDMA) technology to meet
this high broadcast rate and ensure reliable ship-to-ship operation."
Perhaps a bit more like APRS ver 2. We might have some catching up to do.
73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
--
"I may be lost, but I know exactly where I am!"
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