<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Agreed. We use them to lead teams to locations to address issues. </div><div><br>On Mar 14, 2016, at 17:27, Curt Mills via aprssig <<a href="mailto:aprssig@tapr.org">aprssig@tapr.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Regarding this web page:<br> <a href="http://www.aprs.org/aprs12.html">http://www.aprs.org/aprs12.html</a><br><br></div>It says this in the top section:<br><br>"Formats no longer recommended: Compressed-Objects, ITEM Format, Raw Weather Formats,"<br><br></div>I'd like to put in my thumbs-up for both Compressed Objects, and both Compressed and Non-compressed Items.<br><br></div>We've implemented these in Xastir and I find them of use in SAR. Compressed format gives much better precision in placing and/or recovering objects, precision you cannot get with non-compressed APRS formats. Items are useful for placing positions when you have no timestamp, as well as providing a shorter packet than APRS Object format.<br><br></div>In short, I see no advantage to removing formats that are currently used to good effect and already implemented in APRS programs.<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Curt, WE7U<br><a href="http://wetnet.net/~we7u" target="_blank">http://wetnet.net/~we7u</a><br><a href="http://www.sarguydigital.com" target="_blank">http://www.sarguydigital.com</a></div>
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