[aprssig] WINAPRS HELP

[Stephen H. Smith]

cedwards at trane.com wrote:
> I am trying to help someone get back into APRS after many years of being
> gone, and a hard drive crash. He likes using WINAPRS but needs to know what
> commercial mapping programs it uses so he can run around in his RV. Thanks! 
>
> chris 
> ae4xo
>
>
>   
The current version doesn't support any currently available commercial 
mapping programs.   It does work with the now out-of-date and 
no-longer-available  Precision Mapping Ver 5.0. 

The current version of WinAPRS DOES use US government TIGER file mapping 
data (the free public domain mapping database that is the source for 
many commercial mapping products).   The data is in huge files that have 
to be downloaded from a government website.  

Note also that WinAPRS does not fully support the current APRS symbol 
set as updated earlier this year.  



You may want to consider UI-View instead.   It uses the current 
Precision Mapping 7.0 or the older, discontinued  PMap 5.0 or PMap 6.0 
as well. It can also use a variety of static bitmap  images from various 
sources.  

Info at:
    http://www.uiview.org

Scroll down about 2/3rds of the way down the page to "PMap Server 7" for 
info about this add-on to use Precision Mapping with UI-View.



If you are returning to APRS after a several years absence, you will 
also want to familiarize yourself with the major change in APRS path 
settings that has been implemented over the last 9-12 months.   Detailed 
info here on my website:

   "APRS 101"  Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating
    http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/DigiPaths







Stephen H. Smith    wa8lmf (at) aol.com
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Updated APRS Symbol Chart
  http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/miscinfo/APRS_Symbol_Chart.pdf   

New/Updated "Rev G" APRS     http://webs.lanset.com/wa8lmf/aprs
Symbols Set for UI-View,
UIpoint and APRSplus: