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Subject: Re: Xastir/UI-View and Toporama Maps - longish
From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer@eskimo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 11:24:56 -0800 (PST)
X-Message-Number: 11
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, JD Erskine wrote:
>At 10:48 01/02/04 -0600, Adi Linden wrote:
>>Has anyone any pointers on using Canadian Toporama maps with Xastir or
>>UI-View? I have an old P100 notebook I want to dedicate to APRS. Not sure
>>if I want to run Win98 and UI-View or Linux and Xastir. Do these programs
>>support a moving map using aconnected GPS, similar to OziExplorer?
>>
>>Adi
>>--
>> Adi Linden | va3adi | va3adi@adis.ca | http://adis.ca
>>+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
>> IRLP Node 2590 in Sioux Lookout, Ontario
>
>Hullo Adi,
>
>Curt's answered re some of Xastir's capabilities. I haven't got Xastir
>going, yet, and look to implement Canadian topographic maps from Toporama
>in it when I do. These raster maps are the starting point for the paper
>topos NRCan (Natural Resources Canada) publishes with not quite all the
>detail, however still very good.
Xastir now supports the 1:50k and 1:250k online Toporama maps that Steve
Dimse provides via mm.aprs.net and his CGI scripts. I'm tracking mobiles
across Canada using those maps right now in Xastir. CVS (latest) Xastir
sources have this. Gives a Contiguous topo view of any (small) part of
Canada. Support in Xastir is new as of about midnight last night. Update
to the latest Xastir sources and you can have it to.
I'll work on the local Toporama map support later, once the newness of
actually having free topo maps online for Canada wears off.
--
Curt, WE7U archer at eskimo dot com
Arlington, WA, USA http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
"The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!"
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Subject: Re: APRS and Motorola GP68
From: "Chuck KA0WFI" <chuck@brewventure.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:23:42 -0800
X-Message-Number: 12
Scott et al,
Your question regarding connecting to the commercial Motorola GP68 handhelds
raises another question. You do not state what frequencies the SAR team is
using these on; 155.16 etc.?
Have you verified the legality of APRS signals on these frequencies. If you
have, I would appreciate reference to the enabling FCC regulations. I have
been told that APRS data would NOT be legal there.
Cheers,
Chuck KA0WFI
Lummi Island WA
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Subject: Re: APRS and Motorola GP68
From: "Scott Miller" <scott@opentrac.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 12:43:22 -0800
X-Message-Number: 13
Not sure yet, but that's definitely something that needs to be investigated.
My concern for now is technical feasability, but if anyone's got any good
references on the legal issues, let me know.
Scott
N1VG
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Subject: Re: new TT3 v1.1
From: "Byon Garrabrant" <byon@byon.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 20:36:24 -0800
X-Message-Number: 14
On 2 Mar 2004 at 9:11, K. Mark Caviezel wrote:
>>P.S. A surface mount TinyTrak3 is coming soon! 1" X 1" at 0.1 ounce.
>
>Byon: the new TT3 v 1.1 sounds great! I was all
>ready to plunk down for it, but since you announce the
>surf mount TT3, I may wait. Aboutish when will the
>surf mount TT3 be 'on the street' ?
I would guess about a monthish
Byon
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Subject: Re: new TT3 v1.1
From: "Byon Garrabrant" <byon@byon.com>
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 20:39:47 -0800
X-Message-Number: 15
On 2 Mar 2004 at 9:22, Scott Miller wrote:
>>P.S. A surface mount TinyTrak3 is coming soon! 1" X 1" at 0.1 ounce.
>
>Same connectors, or different? I find the DB9s wind up taking more
>room than the board itself.
No Connectors. 8 inline holes that can be used with a 1x8 header
posts, or just direct wiring. The goal for this is very small, very
light custom trackers, like model airplanes, rockets, inside
microphones, inside radios, etc. No sure what the interest will be,
but will find out.
Byon
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