Howdy Mark Thanks for the info.
Sorry if you thought I was questioning your price for justification. Certainly not. Not judging at all, and I have been a club treasurer :-) I was only asking if the FLARM entries also need to pay the price, so the answer is yes. Thanks :-) Scott On 5 Jun 2014, at 1:00 pm, Mark Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Scott, > > W have driven the hardware costs down to a point where make almost nothing on > it. The aim is to recoup investment through annual pilot subs. > You will be one who will understand the efforts to keep the back-end of > dittolog running smoothly. > > So , in an effort to be specific. > Dittolog will record the takeoffs and landings of all aircraft with Flarm, > providing we have the FlarmID and the owners name registered. We also record > the release height and time to release. (The tug dittolog monitors the > following glider by dittolog and /or flarm transmissions) > A club is asked to pay the Euro30 per member for any flying member. > A Flarm can only be registered to a Flying member with paid subs. > We have done all we can to make dittolog affordable for all clubs. If a > member is not happy about paying A$39 a year , they really should ask the > question ' Would i like to volunteer to be club treasurer?" > Dittolog relieve people in clubs of an ENORMOUS amount of work. > We hope the new pricing structure encourages people to take it on. > > Give me a call at the business to discuss you idea!! > > Cheers > Mark > > > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Scott Penrose <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 5 Jun 2014, at 11:38 am, Mark Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Note that we do get takeoff and landings from ALL Flarm aircraft registered >> on our site, regardless of whether they have a dittolog device installed. >> > > That is something I have always wanted to do - awesome. > So would we have to pay 30euros per member if they don't have a ditto log? Or > can we get away with just the ground station and lower prices? Specifically > here I am wondering if you can use a ground station for private members with > FLARM, and a ditto log for club gliders. > > Mind you this doesn't really cover SAR, since you don't have logs when not at > home. So we still need integrate SPOT. > > I like the idea of having these as services (ignoring issues of privacy and > security for the moment - there are solutions there later) - a service where > I can ask if a plane has landed (e.g. ditto log - direct or flarm, XCSoar or > other tracking); or if not, where they last were (XCSoar and other tracking > if via GSM, or SPOT data if not). > > Simple GET REST API with glider registrations would mean I could integrate > data from multiples sources onto a single screen. > > RE: Security - it is easy to have a service which requires authentication, > and then have it so pilots can "opt in" to allow data to be give to that > service, similar to how you would approve apps in Facebook. > > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > -- > Mark Fisher > Managing Director > Swift Performance Equipment > Unit 2, 1472 Boundary Rd > Wacol 4076 > Australia > Ph: +61 7 3879 3005 > Fax: +61 7 36076277 > www.spe.com.au > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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