On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 01:44:35PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > On Wed, 16 May 2007, Craig Anderson wrote: > > > That would be hugely useful to me. > > > > The ability to create a coordinated, distributed, > > common operating picture for a search & rescue > > effort. Like NetMeeting for S&R. > > > > Could I talk someone into that? :-) > > Well, I think Tom and I are the ones that are (eventually) > interested in such a thing. > > I hacked on the code to create the CAD objects originally, but > haven't had time to flesh out my thoughts on what it could become, > or to work on the code much more. > > The POD circle transmitted data isn't compatible with any other APRS > application. There's no reason why we couldn't request our own > user-defined packet from Bob, then define all kinds of special stuff > just for us.
Aren't multipoint objects already in the standard? Or at rather, aren't the multipoint objects supported by more than just Xastir? Turning a cad object into the necessary string for multipoint objects and stuffing it into an object's data shouldn't be *that* hard. Just need someone with the time to do the coding (i.e. someone other than me). Then again, I am not sure if the multipoint protocol allows enough vertices with enough precision to do all that CAD objects can do. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir