Wondering how many sledders are using Backcountry Navigator? Also, wondering how much interest there is in having a radio system that will work like the garmin rino. What I'd like to see, is a way to see your friends on a topo map on your smart phone. It can be done...sort of.
Little background.... Ham radio thing called APRS. It is a system that will send and recieve location information as well as text messages. This requires a dedicated radio and a bluetooth device (mobilinkd tnc) that control's the radio, as well as an android device running aprsdroid. Cost, in the ham world, is about $100-$125 including the cheap chinese radio (baofeng ect).
Backcountry Navigator is an android topo mapping gps app. Does not need network service. Works in airplane mode. Maps must be dl'd before going out.
Where I'm heading with this is, myself and several others have been working on BCN/Crittermap software to catch the location info from aprsdroid and display it on bcn. ..... aprsdroid has a map function but, it is rather poor at best however, it does show direction and distance.
This could be done on the MURS channels and be as legal as we are using ccr's on frs/gmrs. The uv3r is a 2 watt radio and very small. The radio and tnc would be a little larger than a pack of cigarettes.
Any interest? Not selling it, just wondering if there is interest in having this system.
Little background.... Ham radio thing called APRS. It is a system that will send and recieve location information as well as text messages. This requires a dedicated radio and a bluetooth device (mobilinkd tnc) that control's the radio, as well as an android device running aprsdroid. Cost, in the ham world, is about $100-$125 including the cheap chinese radio (baofeng ect).
Backcountry Navigator is an android topo mapping gps app. Does not need network service. Works in airplane mode. Maps must be dl'd before going out.
Where I'm heading with this is, myself and several others have been working on BCN/Crittermap software to catch the location info from aprsdroid and display it on bcn. ..... aprsdroid has a map function but, it is rather poor at best however, it does show direction and distance.
This could be done on the MURS channels and be as legal as we are using ccr's on frs/gmrs. The uv3r is a 2 watt radio and very small. The radio and tnc would be a little larger than a pack of cigarettes.
Any interest? Not selling it, just wondering if there is interest in having this system.