We publish our repeater locations as "objects" in our area to the APRS server system. It would be a nice option to be able to do the same from an AREDN node, similar to the procedure for publishing node location to the AREDN map. Any interest in this?
Probably an "option box" in the same location area would do the trick. Don't know how often needs to happen, perhaps better off publishing these the same way we do the repeaters?
Probably an "option box" in the same location area would do the trick. Don't know how often needs to happen, perhaps better off publishing these the same way we do the repeaters?
I'm not going to make an opinion on if this is something that's going to be done or should be done as I haven't discussed that with anyone on core yet not have I looked at how this falls in to best practices for APRS.
I will say there isn't anything stopping a 3rd party from doing this right now for their local area with the data available in the maps.kml file one could parse out their local nodes (distance search) and push to APRS-IS or even push to the local RF.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1dW0d0PWwG7OTJbQo5rAYX0o-eMc
Works very well and I have fields for height, channel, direction etc
ie. APRS can have a suffix containing a single "-" and a 2 digit number.
Station logins/callsigns generally follow the TNC2/AEA standards for textual representations.
Logins/callsigns must be alphanumeric ASCII characters only (may be upper/lower/mixed case).
Logins/callsigns may contain a single hyphen followed by one or two alphanumeric ASCII characters.
A SSID of zero is assumed if the callsign does not have a SSID; therefore never explicitly define -0 as a SSID.
SSIDs may be 1 or 2 ASCII alphanumeric characters only.
Total length of logins/callsigns may not exceed 9 characters including the SSID if present.
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David
KE6UPI
We would need to capture an alternate id for the node (ie. k5ky-88) to post to APRS.
APRS.fi is dependent upon the APRS-IS network for APRS objected data which in turn is based on the AX25 protocol specifications.
One can't just change out the format without a major overhaul of the entire packet/APRS network from ground (including everybody with a tracker in their car) to centralized network hubs (which are the easier ones to ensure upgraded, it's the field stations that will kill you)