[aprssig] NMEA output GPS or compass?

[david vanhorn]

I'm starting to think that pulling it into an android app might be the way
to go.
OpenOSM or something like it.

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 12:27 PM, david vanhorn <kc6ete at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It would be really cool if some working mobile app/program whatever
> could be
> > trained to hear their data and plot it on a working map.
> >
> >   $WIMLI,<ddd>,<uuu>,<bbb.b>*<cs><cr><lf>
> >
> > <ddd> - corrected strike distance 0-300 miles
> >   <uuu> - uncorrected strike distance 0-300 miles
> > <bbb.b> - bearing to strike 000.0-359.9 degrees
> >        <cs> - checksum in hex
> >    <cr> - carriage return
> >    <lf> - line feed
>
>
> I've hacked out perl scripts that re-mangled data into APRS objects
> and sent them to xastir via a server port. This looks like an ideal
> candidate if you had that compass and a GPS.
>
> I've also seen 3D compass solutions (using 3 axis magnetometer / 3
> axis accelerometer sensors) on the raspberry pi. you could probably
> take the 3D compass solution, ingest the strike report and spit out an
> APRS object, either over an IP connection or out a serial port as if
> it were a TNC.
>
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
>



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