On 9/27/2022 7:35 PM, Jeff KB5NMB wrote:
Thanks I will give it a look.
On Sep 27, 2022, at 5:47 PM, Chadwick Stelzl-KD5UMO via groups.io<kd5umo@...> wrote:
?Next best thing to UI-View.
Can’t beat the mapping. But needs more UI-V features.
PinPoint APRS software for amateur radio ( )
pinpointaprs.com ( )
( )
RE Pinpoint:
1)? It is hopelessly tethered to the Internet.? You can't do decent mapping without an Internet connection. Yes, you can cache fixed map views (i.e. static bit map "pictures of maps").? But it lacks freely-scrollable, zoomable vector-based mapping off-line. ? UIview can operate autonomously (i.e. in the field or a mobile) without an Internet connection because the entire Precision Mapping database of North America is installed on your local hard drive.
2)? During my experiments with APRS on 60 meters, I discovered a shortcoming Pinpoint that is shared with most other APRS clients except UIview:? ?? You can't force a beacon manually.
[On 60 meters, automated transmissions are prohibited due to the band being shared with federal government users. You have to be able to listen first to the channel and then trigger a transmission on demand.? At my request, the author of YAAC added a manual beacon-on-demand function to his program.? So far other programs (other than UIview) lack this capability.]
3)? Digipeating depends on the digipeating function built-into classic hardware TNCs.?? No digi function is built into the Pinpoint program.
*UIview still outdoes them all, even after 18 years of non-development!*
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen H. Smith??? wa8lmf (at) aol.com
Skype:??????? WA8LMF
EchoLink:? Node #? 14400? [Think bottom of the 2-meter band]
Home Page:
-- APRS over FLdigi Modes? --
<>
60-Meter APRS!?? HF NVIS APRS Igate Now Operating
<>
Flying Digipeater!
<>
12 Copies of UIview in Action on One Computer!
Live Off-The-Air APRS Activity Maps
<>
