http://www.livetrack24.com/
http://www.livetrack24.com/wiki/en/Upload%20Track%20API http://www.livetrack24.com/wiki/en/Leonardo%20Live%20Tracking%20API I use http://www.freethinker.com/iphone/livetrack24lite/index.html on my iPhone. For Android you have: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.geeksville.gaggle Regards Sergio ian-187 wrote: > > On 25/08/2011 05:35, Matthew Scutter wrote: >> Whether it is legal or not to connect to the phone network doesn't >> affect the usage of XCSoar in it's current state. XCSoar will run >> quite happily in 'flight mode' for which support is baked into >> Android. > > Totally off the topic of XCSoar: > > Our members are encouraged to carry a cell phone that is fully charged > and switched on while flying. We keep record of the phone numbers and > the club subscribes to a web based cell phone utility which can track a > cell phone via triangulation from cell phone masts. Each member has to > consent to his/her phone being tracked. > > The idea is to have some means of locating a glider if it is over due > and missing a the end of the day. We have had to resort to this in the > past. > > The air traffic authorities are aware of this too - they use it > regularly for S&R efforts and they can get a cell phone traced without > the pilot's prior consent (but there are administrative delays). We have > had reason to resort to this too... > > I suspect that there were (may still be) regulations in South Africa > banning the use of cell phones in aircraft, but if there are, they are > not enforced. Technically, I understand that the range of the masts is > limited and they are focused on the ground, not up in the air, so the > system has its limitations. But a lot of our flying is ridge flying and > we often get coverage. > > Getting back to XCSoar it would be nice if it could upload live track > data via gprs or SMS to a website, whenever the phone got in range of a > tower. It should keep a queue of logged trace points and upload them > whenever a connection is available and start queuing again when the > connection is lost. Besides the obvious entertainment value for those on > the ground, it would allow a means of determining the "last known > position and heading" of a glider which becomes overdue. > > > Ian > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K > The only unified storage solution that offers unified management > Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. > Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Xcsoar-user mailing list > Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Xcsoar-user-Digest%2C-Vol-63%2C-Issue-5-tp32317634p32354249.html Sent from the xcsoar-user mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
