APRS: Automatic Position Reporting System

Time 2021-01-02 20:05:47

Web Name: APRS: Automatic Position Reporting System

WebSite: http://aprs.net

ID:154485

Keywords:

Automatic,APRS,Position,

Description:

APRS: Automatic Position Reporting SystemAPRS is a system developed by Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, which uses amateur radio to transmit position reports, weather reports, and messages between users.My contribution is the internet portion of the system. Although ham radio iscapable of digital long distance communications, it tends to be slow and unreliable,especially when compared to the internet. I've written software to take the data received locally and make it available via the internet, to be displayedwith a Java applet.What you are looking at here is a number of position reports from amateurradio operators in South Florida. At times you may see vehicles, planes, or boats moving around town. These vehicles obtain their location using the satellite system knownas GPS, and transmit that position for others to follow. There are also a fewweather stations visible on the map. Click on one of these to see their currentweather conditions.You can select different maps from the menu at the bottom of the applet, zoom in and out, and scroll with different keys. See the list below for details.For more info on APRS, check out the APRS Virtual Meeting.For information about how to get started in APRS, try this link.You can see a replay of the 1998 Dayton Hamvention activity here.(Be patient...the applet, map and data files are over 200k, so dependingon your connection speed it may take a couple of minutes to load.) Sorry, your browser doesn't do Java!If it did, you'd see something like this!javAPRS Commands (Case Insensitive) U or PGUP zooms up (wider view) D or PGDN zooms down (narrower view) L lists stations heard to the Java console W lists only weather station reports to the Java console B lists beacons to the Java console I lists ID reports to the Java console M lists last 25 messages to the Java console CTRL-click centers map on clicked location ALT-click zooms in on clicked location Arrow keys scrolls mapClicking on a station shows its information in the status barFor a page that starts with a USA map, and doesn't have the introductory test,look here.javAPRS written by Steve Dimse, K4HG.Mail comments to steve@dimse.comSteve's home pageSteve's javAPRS page.Want to add javAPRS to your web pages? Here's how.APRS is a registered trademark of APRS Software and Bob Bruninga, WB4APR.

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