[aprssig] How to delete/remove an Object

[Keith VE7GDH]

Bob WB4APR wrote...

> OBJECTS are just a format (method) for being able to put a "thing" on
> the map that does not have its own TNC and CALLSIGN field.  But
> otherwise, on receipt, STATIONS and OBEJCTS should be treated the
> same and transparently.

UI-View treats stations and objects the same in that it places them on
the map, but it is apparent by the shading of the object name that it is
an object.

> This means if Joe's KB3XXX tracker dies and leaves him at the starting
> point, that ANYONE can take over his symbol on their map, MOVE HIM
> to where he should be now, and now he is an object owned by them. It
> doesn't matter if he was initially a "STATION". Once you own the
> object, they you can also do a KILL function, and that should be
> KILLED or updated on everyone else's map.

I think it would be a fundamental mistake if anyone could take over a
station and move or kill it. If Joe's tracker dies and I decide to, or
am asked to create an object for him, then that will be an object and
not a station, even if the name of the object is the same as the
callsign that was entered in Joe's tracker. I just checked it out in
UI-View. There was no problem creating an object where the name
was the same as used by a station already showing on the map... i.e.
in UI-View's station list. I then deleted the object. The original
station was still displayed. It will remain there until it expires or I
delete it... on my own map.

> I believe UI-View did not implement any of this, which is one of the
> main reasons we do not see people managing "things" on the map at
> APRS special events.

I'm not sure what you mean by that.

> Can someone confirm or correct this summary with respect to UI-View
> and  any other clients that mistakenly treat objects and stations
> differently?

In UI-View, objects created by me are owned by me. I can also edit an
object created by someone else and take over ownership. I can't take
over ownership of a "station" though, just an object. I can't move
someone else's station either.

73 es cul - Keith VE7GDH
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