APRS Tracking is up!

Ok, so some of you may know about what APRS tracking is. APRS stands for Automatic Position Reporting System, which runs using Amature radio, GPS, and a network of interconnected stations that relay position reports around the world. I have had all of the pieces nessisary to set up and connect a APRS tracking station for quite some time, but have yet to finally get it integrated and set up in an easy to use package. Sometime soon I’ll take a few pictures and detail how I put together my system for everyone to look at. In the meantime, you can now go to http://www.tz42.com/findken.html to see where my lastest position report has come from. I figured that this was the perfect time to put the system online, as we are in the midst of a trip to NH to visit with some friends for the weekend. My plan is to mount the system in the truck, so that whenever I am off on a job I can turn the system on, and you can all see where I am at. There is a nice embedded system for display that uses google maps, play around with it, you can zoom right in close, and be sure to click on the icon for my car, which will give you information about when the position report was last updated and more information (like speed and direction of travel). Let me know what you think! Oh, and I am also currently testing out Google latitude, which I will have a review for shortly, if you are using it, add me (ken at tz42 dot com) I’d like to see if anyone else is using it.