Are there any programmers/hacker out there in the @-land? If - please
read on!
I´m dreaming on a new project for tracking of international ballooning,
glidings and so on.
We can use GPS (Global Position System), amateurradios(X-25), APRS
(Automatic Position Reporting System) and Internet. As an example the
system will work as follows:
Different balloons, gliders, cars etz (objects) will transmit "spots"
every second minute containing callsign and current position in
longitud/latitude. Thoose spoots are retransmitted via
radiodigipeaters/nodes to neares gateway between radio and internet. The
gateway sends the spoot via the internet to a databaseserver.
We already have the radiosystems, the radioprotocoll and the
radiodigipeaters/nodes. We need:
1) A server (preferably LINUX) collecting all thoose spoots to a
database (SQL?).
2) A cliant-program (downloaded from the server) calling the server,
requesting latest "spots" from selected objects. As loong as the cliant
program is connected to the Internet it will receive new spots from the
server.
If You are interested in vollonteer in this project we can start an open
project on the SoursForge on the net. Think if we could be severel
people in this project, som working with the server, other with the
clientporgram and so on. It would be fasinating.
There are already a system on the internet today, working as above. But
there are some function missing (can´t select group of objects). Besides
it is also so dominated by American the it is hard to find Europeens.
Lets try to make a good idea from US even better!
Looking forward to hear from You.
73 de Göran SM5HIH
