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Some of you will recall that I was playing around with a hack of Google Maps to display APRS data. Now that the Google Maps API has been released, it's inspired me to make this thing actually work. Yes, that's using live data.

We're grabbing the data from findu.com, ~~which seems to have some hiccups in its posit CGI script, so not all calls are working~~ which works great, when you use it correctly. The only downside to this whole thing is that the dude that runs findu.com was one step ahead of me. His implementation is better in some respects, but not in others.

by: Mike
on: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 11:40:16 -0400
at: *.nycap.res.rr.com
re: Whee!

http://www.alphamonkey.org/aprs/index.php?call=KC2JCJ-9 That URL is even more exciting! Eventually, it'll be working all the time, once I buy the 2100H or V8000 I've had my eyes on for months now...

by: Scudder
on: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:22:32 -0400
at: *.stny.res.rr.com
re: No Subject

I take it this is a mobile rig? Because otherwise having a constantly-updating Google Map is like the most useless thing ever. Maybe I don't understand what you're doing. BTW, I found a piece you wrote about Paul in the Spring '02 Program Guide today. It was really, really good. I put it in the appropriate place on the Paul page on the Wiki no one's supposed to know about. Oh and the current GM and I broke into the old station this afternoon, too.... and I realized, I have to stop doing that. It's starting to make me sad. Fuckin' BU. He'd only ever been in the old station for like 45 seconds once. I couldn't even believe it. We're getting old, man. Real old.

by: Mike
on: Tue, 05 Jul 2005 11:44:36 -0400
at: *.ubr0.alb1.inoc.net
re: Utility

Some APRS stations are fixed (homes, WX stations, etc.) but most are mobile. Here's a dude that seems to be moving around: http://www.alphamonkey.org/aprs/?call=KC5QGQ-14 Eventually my car will be doing the same. http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/map-near.cgi?zip=13905 Looks like nobody in Binghamton gives a fuck, though. http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?CW0873 That's sort of helpful, though.