APRSdroid és una aplicació d’Android per a radioaficionats. Permet enviar la ubicació exacta i intercanviar missatges mitjançant la xarxa APRS (Automatic Position Reporting System). Es mostren a sobre d’un mapa totes les estacions de radioaficionat des de la ubicació en la qual estan emetent. Per accedir-hi, es necessita una contrasenya que es pot aconseguir aquí.

The Automatic Position Reporting System (APRS) is used by the radio amateurs to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device, called a tracker, transmits it’s location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.

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