Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-25 Thread Kevin Kenny
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 3:14 PM, Poutnik wrote: > Using analog repeaters would be very dumb thing to do and would not > work well. > There is no need of msg processing for the digital repeaters, e.g. like > in the ethernet network.

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-25 Thread Poutnik
Dne 25/02/2018 v 21:10 john whelan napsal(a): > >SPOT satellite network probably does use the internet protocol suite > and therefore does use an internet connection. :-)  > > Wow now thinking about it the Internet uses electrons so does that > mean everything that uses electrons is part of the

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-25 Thread Poutnik
Dne 25/02/2018 v 21:04 Kevin Kenny napsal(a): > On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Poutnik wrote: >> SPOT satellite network probably does use the internet protocol suite and >> therefore does use an internet connection. :-) > The satellite network consists of simple 'bent

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-25 Thread john whelan
ork. >> >> Cheerio John >> >> On 25 February 2018 at 05:32, Poutnik the Wanderer <poutni...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Live tracking without internet connection is IMHO possible only as >>> police-like phone tracking via cell tower locati

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-25 Thread Kevin Kenny
On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 2:50 PM, Poutnik wrote: > SPOT satellite network probably does use the internet protocol suite and > therefore does use an internet connection. :-) The satellite network consists of simple 'bent pipe' analog repeaters. There's no message processing

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-25 Thread Poutnik
(a): > > SPOT will do it and uses satellite so doesn't need any local communication > network. > > Cheerio John > > On 25 February 2018 at 05:32, Poutnik the Wanderer <poutni...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Live tracking without internet connection is IMHO possible

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-25 Thread john whelan
SPOT will do it and uses satellite so doesn't need any local communication network. Cheerio John On 25 February 2018 at 05:32, Poutnik the Wanderer <poutnik4n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Live tracking without internet connection is IMHO possible only as > police-like phone tracking vi

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-25 Thread Poutnik the Wanderer
Live tracking without internet connection is IMHO possible only as police-like phone tracking via cell tower location and tower signal strength . In rare tower region as rural Mongolia it may be very inaccurate. I am not sure about legal any technical availability of the solution.Also, I am

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-24 Thread john whelan
Your options are internet cafes and use a wifi connection to call home. You can send your position from your GPS but you'll need to work out how to how it. Are there any Internet cafes in the area you are travelling. OpenStreetMap has many of them but it does not include them all. Conventional

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-24 Thread Stojan Gajic
I know the option for the emergency (SPOT) but what I need is just live tracking my route for the others from home while I'm away. sg On Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 1:21:44 AM UTC+1, Bart Eisenberg wrote: > > SPOT is an example of a satellite emergency notification device >

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-23 Thread Bart Eisenberg
SPOT is an example of a satellite emergency notification device . (My buddy and I use one when backpacking so that our wives can see roughly where we are.) I don't know of an Android phone, which you'd need to run OsmAnd,

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-23 Thread Stojan Gajic
Yes, they will be in Europe and I will be riding my motorbike in Mongolia and I didn't understand if they would be able to live track me from home. Thank you for your answer sg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: live tracking without internet?

2018-02-23 Thread john whelan
Where are your families? If they are some distance from you you will need some sort of connection. Cheerio John On 23 February 2018 at 13:10, Stojan Gajic wrote: > Sorry guys, > maybe it's a stupid question but for me it's still not clear if our > families can follow us

live tracking without internet?

2018-02-23 Thread Stojan Gajic
Sorry guys, maybe it's a stupid question but for me it's still not clear if our families can follow us on live tracking (real time) if we haven't got the internet connection but just using the GPS? Something like the SPOT Thx sg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the