I apologize in advance for the dumb questions and know that this is
probably covered somewhere, but I have been unable to find it. Could
some one give me directions to a recipe, or give me a recipe, to get
this working?
From a laptop at a ground search incident command, I would like to
track, and plot the tracks of, up to 20 GPS units on ground searchers.
It seems from what I have read that the Garmin Rino units with Xastir &
GPSman will do this.
I have downloaded Cygwin & Xastir and can successfully run Xastir on my
Windows XP laptop. I am NOT a programmer and have done this only by
following a recipe in the help files.
We have very spotty cellular telephone coverage in our corner of the
woods and the law enforcement radio infrastructure is dated and
overloaded. Therefore, I thought that Garmin Rinos within 5 miles of
the search incident command would be a workable alternative.
* Can anyone point me to a recipe for what to do next? Exactly what
hooks how to what, what settings are used in what, how do I make
it all work.
* Can anyone confirm that this will work? I think some money is
available to purchase the Rinos, but I have to be sure it is going
to work.
* Does the model of Garmin Rino figure into the distance that the
searchers could be from the receiver / Laptop? Are Rino 110 okay
for the searchers? Should a different unit be used at the laptop?
* I am concerned about a single county in Wisconsin. What is the
suggestion for the best source for a topo map of the county to use
with this project?
* There are not many funds and I think I can have but one trip to
the well. What all should be considered? Must have, should have,
nice to have, Lexus version.
Thanks is advance for any comments and directions.
--
Jim Tolbert
EMT-B
Webster, WI USA
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