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Feature Requests / Re: Feature Request - APRS integration

« on: December 14, 2009, 02:30:53 PM »

As I read the wiki on APRS I had an assumtion that "reflections" back into the short wave world were happening and this answering my question.

Thanks for the clarification.

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Feature Requests / Re: Feature Request - APRS integration

« on: December 14, 2009, 02:02:49 PM »

Question to HammerDown on APRS...

To use APRS to do I need to have my ham license?  Let me explain the scenario before I get the quick "yes" here.  I recently downloaded iBCNU for the iPhone.  It uses the cellular network to introduce aprs data into an IGate.  So if I am not using a short wave radio (cell phone) do I still need a ham license?

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Feature Requests / Re: SPOT/ Chase vehicle support

« on: December 14, 2009, 09:43:25 AM »

Ditto.  Just starting to experiment with APRS as another tracking tool.  There is an interesting implementation of APRS done for iPhone called iBCNU.

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Feature Requests / Re: Split Track enhancement

« on: December 01, 2009, 05:24:15 PM »

First and most important point... This happened when loading from map surce into the Zumo 450.  I need to replicate this in TF to see if it is unit related or SW.

The issue with the zumo resulted in lost detail.  I kept the total number of track points well below the limits of the unit.  In this case I had a 176 mile track that was broken into 3 smaller tracks.  One of which was abut ~50 miles in length.  When I uploaded to the Zumo the initial portion of the track had full detail but the later half had a large section that was just a straight line to an area near the ending point.

I need to pull one of the Zumo's we use and test a few times to get more specific on the issues.


Regarding the 60cs...  This again seemed to be a issue with longer sections.  The unit gave me a "truncate data" error message with little additional information.  Once I named them as "active log" the unit seemed to not truncate the data and all of the detail was there.

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Feature Requests / Split Track enhancement

« on: November 30, 2009, 06:22:05 PM »

Just tried playing with split tracks and two features came to mind.
1. My friends use Zumo's for their dirt bikes and I need to split their track log files by distance (ie each leg cannot be more than 20-25 miles long).  The Zumo will do a "gross" simplification of the route.  By gross I mean you lose a ton of detail in all the wrong places.

2. I use the Garmin 60cs and for it to work properly the logs all need to start with "active log n" where n is a sequential number.  I have not replicated my full process in TF yet so you may already support this.

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Feature Requests / SPOT/ Chase vehicle support

« on: November 28, 2009, 08:03:58 PM »

My friends and I do long dirt bike rides and employ chase vehicles to support us.  We recently started using a SPOT GPS messenger to track team progress and determine chase vehicle location relative to the riders.  It would be great for the SPOT tracklog to automatically download from the internet into TF along with the ability to integrate realtime position for the chase team (via a laptop with wireless card).

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User Projects / Re: GPS Playback + Helmet cam footage

« on: November 28, 2009, 07:49:09 PM »

How did you record the GPS playback portion?