[aprssig] DXCluster to APRS-RF

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And if someone is on APRS using their straight call (no SSID), then
multiple inaccurate reports destroy any tracks, etc.  I agree with
Steve, it is a bad idea to be generating false positions no matter how
ambiguous since the APRS local networks are all interconnected via
APRS-IS and therefore the positions are global.

73,

Pete Loveall AE5PL
mailto:pete at ae5pl.net 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Bruninga
> Posted At: Thursday, May 18, 2006 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [aprssig] DXCluster to APRS-RF
> 
> Avoiding problems like this is why APRS was designed to 
> support the display of position ambiguity.  A DX spot with 
> position inferred by callsign lookup, should be transmitted 
> with 60 mile ambiguity so that it does not show up in a 
> confusing location on any maps that may be zoomed in below 
> the 1024 mile range scale.
> 
> That way, they show up when you are looking at the world map, 
> but do not imply any more precision than that...
> And do not show up when the map is zoomed in below the zoom 
> level where the SYMBOL is smaller than the ambiguity.