APRS tracker and communicator for mobile devices written in python / elementary. Targeted especially for the Openmoko Freerunner it utilizes FSO freesmartphone middleware framework. Tested and used on SHR, where atrack is in repos, so to install type: opkg install atrack


Atrack can also track on different services, i.e. support for youloc.net, but then it acts as a dumb tracker.


Please note that usage within the aprs network requires amateur radio license, but for non-commercial usage you can run your own FOSS aprsd server http://sourceforge.net/projects/aprsd/, this is given by the license of the APRS protocol, both aprsd server and atrack are FOSS). You can also run a fake small perl script server PrivateAPRS_IS_FakeServer

Features

• aprs login with a try to autoreconnect on failure
• aprs filter support
• receive messages/bulletins
• create/reply/forward message
• predefined text strings for quick messaging
• predefined list of recipients
• ack autosend
• tracking + smart tracking – corner pegging (tracking on APRS and also on http://youloc.net/ )
• packet compression used on all packets
• pause tracking during phone call
• send status message
• send last know location
• calculate locator grid
• display nearby stations, objects, items
• edit/save into conf file
• portrait/landscape/fullscreen/day/night mode
• screen dim/suspend blocking
• APRS Query – replying to aprs query for position and status
• send any Direct query, predefined Q for P, S, M, O, H, D
• create, edit Objects and Items with predefined names
• Mic-E encoded packets initial support (shows some funny failures sometimes)
• display a map with position with an object/station – based on Openstreetmap or actually on http://ojw.dev.openstreetmap.org/StaticMap/

Requires

• python
• elementary
• FSO freesmartphone middleware framework

http://code.google.com/p/atrack/