On Friday, May 9, 2014 6:44:18 AM UTC-7, Paul Remde wrote:
Hi,



This looks interesting - maybe.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...6395347&type=1

SeeYou Recorder is free logging software for iPhone and Android devices.

Naviter recently added the ability for SeeYou Recorder to use the

LiveTrack24 service for life tracking of the flight. LiveTrack24 service is

available for a few dollars a month.



http://shop.livetrack24.com/cart.php?a=confproduct&i=1

http://www.livetrack24.com/store/index

http://www.livetrack24.com



One big question is how high you can go before your cell phone loses

reception and the live tracking stops. I wonder whether the service is

useful for soaring. Does this type of thing have potential to replace the

tracking features of SPOT and DeLorme inReach units? It certainly can't

replace the emergency remote communication capabilities offered by those

devices.



In the past I tried a free gliding tracking app for iPhone. I don't

remember the name of it. I didn't test it in flight but it worked fine on

the ground. It didn't offer the cool 3D tracking that LiveTrack24 offers.



It would be cool if a low cost service and free app made it easy for our

friends to follow us live with 3D views on a PC or Mac. SPOT and InReach

can't do that.



Information on the free SeeYou Recorder app is available he

http://www.naviter.com/products/seeyou-recorder/



In not ready to sign-up for the service yet. Does anyone else want to give

it a try and report back here? Or is there no potential due to limited

coverage at altitude?



Best Regards,



Paul Remde

LiveTrack24 has worked on Butterfly's iGlide app since about day one. Coverage may depend on where you fly, but out here in the western desert I would think worst case, and I have always had cell coverage at altitude.