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Wingrider

Joined: 22 Nov 2006
Posts: 34
Location: Tullahoma, TN

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: GPS Tracking

I thought I'd pass on a great little application I found yesterday. It's named TrackMe and can be found at http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html. It uses your cell phone to send coordinates to a webserver so your position can be tracked in real time from Google Earth or from Google Maps.



After reading about a guy who wrote his own program that does this I began looking for something similar. There are several fee based applications, gpsgates Buddy Tracker being one of the better low cost options based on what I've read.



However TrackMe is free and can use your own server if you don't want to use his. I've only played with this a little so I don't know how well it will work in flight but it certainly looks promising.



This interested me because family can monitor my position either live or from the saved data on the server and if something happened I wouldn't be relying on just the ELT. Might have been good for Steve Fossett to have.



Just passing it on for what it's worth. Have a happy New Years

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bryanmmartin

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1018

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: GPS Tracking

Sounds like it would work well as long as you travel in areas that  

have cell phone service. There are a lot of areas where cell phone  

service is unavailable though.



On Dec 31, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Wingrider wrote:



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 I thought I'd pass on a great little application I found yesterday.  

 It's named TrackMe and can be found at http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html 

 . It uses your cell phone to send coordinates to a webserver so your  

 position can be tracked in real time from Google Earth or from  

 Google Maps.



 This interested me because family can monitor my position either  

 live or from the saved data on the server and if something happened  

 I wouldn't be relying on just the ELT. Might have been good for  

 Steve Fossett to have.




	




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Bryan Martin

N61BM, CH 601 XL,

RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.

do not archive.

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Terry Phillips

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 346
Location: Corvallis, MT

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:14 am Post subject: GPS Tracking

Another "free" solution to GPS tracking is the Automatic Position Reporting 

System (APRS) which relies on ham repeater stations that are spread across 

the  country. See, e.g.,



http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canard-aviators/message/47541



APRS coverage is apparently excellent, and hardware cost is low.  You need 

the lowest level ham license to use APRS. Equipment cost is 2 or 3 hundred 

bucks, but there is no monthly charge as with SPOT.



Terry

At 11:32 AM 12/31/2008 -0500, you wrote:

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		  Sounds like it would work well as long as you travel in areas that

have cell phone service. There are a lot of areas where cell phone

service is unavailable though.



On Dec 31, 2008, at 11:22 AM, Wingrider wrote:



>

>

>I thought I'd pass on a great little application I found yesterday.

>It's named TrackMe and can be found at 

>http://www.luisespinosa.com/trackme_eng.html . It uses your cell phone to 

>send coordinates to a webserver so your

>position can be tracked in real time from Google Earth or from

>Google Maps.

>

>This interested me because family can monitor my position either

>live or from the saved data on the server and if something happened

>I wouldn't be relying on just the ELT. Might have been good for

>Steve Fossett to have.

Terry Phillips  ZBAGer

ttp44~at~rkymtn.net

Corvallis MT

601XL/Jab 3300 s .. l .. o .. o .. w build kit - Tail, flaps, & ailerons 

are done; working on the wings

http://www.mykitlog.com/N47TP/

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Gig Giacona

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: Re: GPS Tracking

But doesn't APRS require an HAM lic.?

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Wingrider

Joined: 22 Nov 2006
Posts: 34
Location: Tullahoma, TN

Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:49 am Post subject: Re: GPS Tracking

I've been reading up on APRS and believe this is the way to go. TrackMe is completely free if you have a gps enabled phone and a data plan but you are relying on cell phone coverage which will diminish with altitude.



For roughly $300 I believe you can have a reliable APRS package. I'm still researching.

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Rich Whittington
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Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: GPS Tracking

Here is a good article about installing an APRS node in an RV-6:



http://home.hiwaay.net/~sbuc/journal/tracker.htm



The Ham license basically requires studying for, and taking a test. The is

no Morse code requirement.



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