[aprssig] Track Garmin Rinos in field, display data on Windows Laptop, hopefully merge with APRS

[Brad Burleson]

Looks like something called GPSMan?

The site http://gpsnotes.blogspot.com/ seems to have some useful info,
but I didn't dig any further.

Brad
KF7FER

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
<ldeffenb at homeside.to> wrote:
> And if so, are there any pointers to how to get the data from the Rinos?
> Even just the name of the source file that handles this.
>
> He already admitted that getting xastir going was more of a chore than he'd
> like to do, but if the I/F is simple enough, this might be a capability
> worth adding to APRSISCE/32...
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
>
> On 1/26/2012 2:20 PM, Bill Vodall wrote:
>
> Doesn't Xastir already do this?
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Anthony Mascola <amascola at stanford.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All, I posted this on the Garmin Rino Yahoo Group and Bob Bruninga
>> suggested I also post it here.  Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Anthony Mascola
>>
>> KJ6OKV-7
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: garmin-rino at yahoogroups.com [mailto:garmin-rino at yahoogroups.com] On
>> Behalf Of a_mascola
>> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:13 AM
>> To: garmin-rino at yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: [garmin-rino] Track Rinos in field, display data on Windows
>> Laptop, hopefully merge with APRS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi All,
>> I am a physician and volunteer for the scouts as well as for our
>> neighborhood Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). I hope to establish a
>> base station on a Windows PC that can receive and display the location and
>> message packets exchanged with Garmin Rino radios deployed in the field and
>> update these on a moving map tactical display as new information is received
>> from the Rinos. Ideally this software program could integrate packets also
>> from Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS) enabled amateur radio stations
>> as well. I hope to use the application for coordination of scouting
>> activities in the backcountry as well as CERT search and rescue operations
>> where a cellular grid may not always be available. It would be great to
>> include position data for each party member using whatever hardware is
>> capable of sending this information including cellular data when available
>> given the largest number of users with this hardware. Ideally a user could
>> have an identifier and if the cell grid went down use GMRS or amateur radio
>> as a backup. I would hope to be able to see the position of each member of
>> the party on a more detailed map with better data entry options than the
>> small display of the rino to allow for more efficient communication. I
>> currently own two Rino 530HCx models and two 530's as well as a Kenwood
>> TH-D72A and Kenwood TM-D710 which have terminal node controllers that allow
>> for use with the Automatic Packet Radio System. I have found Bob Bruninga's
>> APRS to be a brilliant example of ingenuity. I am hoping though to include
>> exchange of data with a broader variety of hardware given that I am
>> interfacing with many persons with a variety of technical backgrounds and
>> equipment in these activities.
>>
>
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