<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 8:56 AM Brian Webster <<a href="mailto:info@wirelessmapping.com">info@wirelessmapping.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>I work in the commercial wireless world, when I show the things we have done<br>
with APRS on the backs of volunteers, they just stare with an open jaw.<br>
Working in the filed for 32 years I have seen so many companies try and fail<br>
to accomplish what has been done using APRS. Even using things like the<br>
cellular network nothing has come close. There is a system that the Navy<br>
uses that is very similar for their tactical mapping and asset management in<br>
real time. Do you want to guess who taught navigation at The US Naval<br>
academy and helped develop that system....yup WB4APR, a true visionary.<br><br></blockquote><div>With the military developing wireless mesh networks in the last decade, now integrating location information for "battlespace management",</div><div>and commercial entities trying to capitalize on "Common Operating Picture" systems for public safety/emergency management,</div><div>hams need to realize that APRS has had this from the beginning!</div><div><br></div><div>Add one-to-many digital messaging integrated within self-contained platforms (HTs and mobiles) makes me appreciative of the rich</div><div>possibilities APRS offers!</div><div><br></div><div>Craig/KH6CP</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>