[OZAPRS] FW: aprs.fi bookmarks video, and web location sharing

Chris Herd zl2tch at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 02:16:43 EST 2010


Hi

My iPad works using ibcnu in India

Zl2tch-8

Chris


Sent from my iPad

On 13/10/2010, at 1:37 PM, "Col Thompson - VK2CRT" <vk2crt at gmail.com> wrote:

> But Howard JJ Market isn't open today!
> 
> Chock Dee Mak Mak
> 
> Sawdee Krup khun Howard
> 
> Col
> (aka VK2CRT)
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of Howard Small
> Sent: Tuesday, 12 October 2010 10:31 PM
> To: ozaprs at aprs.net.au
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] FW: aprs.fi bookmarks video, and web location sharing
> 
>  Just tried it using my Android pad in Bangkok and it works fine - got 
> my position from the internet connection! Have a look at VK4BS to see 
> the result.
> 
> Howard
> VK4BS
> On 12/10/2010 19:56, Richard Hoskin wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Going on recent discussions this may be of interest to F Calls who wish to
>> be involved on APRS on the internet only.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Richard
>> VK3JFK
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: aprssig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:aprssig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf
>> Of Heikki Hannikainen
>> 
>> On Sunday I made a video demonstrating the new bookmarks feature on
>> aprs.fi, and uploaded it to Youtube. Feedback appreciated (maybe off-line
>> using direct email instead of this mailing list). Should I invest time in
>> making more of these for other features? Is it progressing too fast or too
>> slow? Is the language understandable? Waste of time?
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UA77fnIok
>> 
>> This might also be news to some: The aprs.fi site also allows you to
>> upload your position to the site directly from a web browser, if the web
>> browser somehow knows where you are. This works great on mobile phones
>> with GPS, such as the iPhone and many new Android phones from multiple
>> vendors (HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG...). Some browsers figure their
>> position pretty accurately based on nearby WLAN hotspots using a wifi
>> hotspot coordinate database provided by Google. No application
>> installation or purchase necessary!
>> 
>> The position is not transmitted to the APRS-IS, so it can be used by
>> non-amateurs too without risking the licensing of transmitting igates (and
>> without me having to worry about how to possibly identify licensed
>> amateurs from non-hams). The web station names can also be longer and they
>> are not restricted to ASCII characters - international characters are just
>> fine. Some 400 users have already successfully used this feature on
>> various devices.
>> 
>> Instructions here:
>> 
>> http://blog.aprs.fi/2010/08/web-location-uploads-better-iphone.html
>> 
>>    - Hessu
>> 
>> 
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