[aprssig] spaces in object names

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Steve Dimse wrote:

> Part of the design of APRS is to be 
> able to move other objects. Say you put a tracker in the lead vehicle of a 
> marathon, and the tracker dies. You need to be able to take control of the 
> symbol and move it manually in response to voice reports of the position of 
> LEAD. Otherwise you end up with dead callsigns complicating tactical 
> displays. "K4HG" and "K4HG    " need to be the same for the tactical use of 
> APRS.

I believe this is what Bob B. has mentioned before.  When I first
heard of this I though it ripe with the possibilities for abuse by
one ham against another, but have come around to liking it for
basically the uses described by Steve above.  Unfortunately I don't
know whether Xastir can make use of this right now.

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