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Bill Jennings wrote:
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I recently downloaded winaprs and it
is looking for maps.I have MS Streets and Trips with a GPS receiver. Is
there a way to get winaprs to run using the MS software and GPS
receiver?</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">73,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Bill Jennings</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">KC9OUA</font></div>
<div><u><font face="Arial" size="2"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:beejay7018@hotmail.com">beejay7018@hotmail.com</a></font></u></div>
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<font face="Arial">Basically NO. <br>
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1) For locally-based scrollable zoomable mapping, WinAPRS is bound
to Precision Mapping 5.0 which was discontinued over 6 years ago. If
you don't want to use fixed (static) maps screen capped from other
programs, the alternative is the use of the U.S. Government online
"TIger Files" mapping data via an Internet connection. <br>
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The TIGER files are created and maintained by the US Census Bureau.
They are the public domain road and highway database that many
commercial CD-ROM mapping products are based on. However, since their
purpose is to account for every road in the US for census-taking
purposes (not necessarily their exact position), they are less than
ideal for GPS-based navigation. Errors of over a quarter mile or more
exist in many areas. <br>
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2) All ham APRS applications and hardware devices (i.e. trackers,
Kenwood radios, etc) are based on classic RS232 SERIAL interfaced
devices. APRS programs only know how to connect to COM ports for TNC
and GPS data. <br>
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Any USB-interfaced GPS device (such as the Microsoft GPS which is
actually a rebadged Pharos iGPS unit) is useless for APRS applications
--- UNLESS -- you install the supplementary driver that makes the
device appear on a virtual (simulated) COM port first.<br>
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3) WinAPRS has not undergone any significant update in nearly a
decade. It's displayable symbol set is hopelessly out of data and
won't display nearly half of the current symbol set. <br>
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Details on Streets & Trips/MapPoint and their use in APRS mapping
apps is here on my website:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/MapPoint_Info.htm"><http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/MapPoint_Info.htm></a><br>
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Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com <br>
EchoLink Node: WA8LMF or 14400 [Think bottom of the 2M band]<br>
Skype: WA8LMF<br>
Home Page: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.com">http://wa8lmf.com</a> --OR-- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net">http://wa8lmf.net</a><br>
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World Digipeater Map<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/APRSmaps">http://wa8lmf.net/APRSmaps</a><br>
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JavAPRS Filter Port 14580 Guide <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs/JAVaprsFilters.htm</a><br>
<br>
"APRS 101" Explanation of APRS Path Selection & Digipeating <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths">http://wa8lmf.net/DigiPaths</a> <br>
<br>
Updated "Rev H" APRS <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wa8lmf.net/aprs">http://wa8lmf.net/aprs</a><br>
Symbols Set for UI-View, <br>
UIpoint and APRSplus:<br>
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