[OZAPRS] Info on Demand

[Howard Small]

Yeah - it could simply be a message back to the originator. using the 
originators position info as sent (embedded) in the query. The program 
would search the database for the nearest whatever and respond with a 
message that gives the distance, location, name, street????

Howard
VK4BS

On 30/03/2011 8:02 AM, Andrew Rich wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Small" <howard at small.com.au>
> To: <OZAPRS at aprs.net.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:47 AM
> Subject: [OZAPRS] Info on Demand
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>> Is there a way to get info on demand? For example, it is a bit 
>> annoying to load down the network with information that is well known 
>> to local users but could be useful to visitor (location of police 
>> station, nearest petrol, bank, supermarket). It would be good if a 
>> user could send a message such as "nearest bank" to some address and 
>> get a response.
>>
>> Maybe this could be hosted at the local iGate rather than having to 
>> store it all on some remote database.
>>
>> Howard
>> VK4BS
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