Am 20.03.2015 um 09:48 schrieb John Galloway:
So, as I understand it, the current situation with the Open Glider
Network is that:

It relies on tracking Flarm collision data against Flarm's wishes.

It relies on using the Flarmnet database (which is encoded so that
the database can't be downlosded and be easily human readable)
against their wishes.

It relies on a free-to-OGN network of ground receivers that have been
voluntarily set up and funded by glider pilots (including myself who
has funded one) to receive Flarm transmissions.

Now the OGN want to sell us commercial transmitters

Hmmmm.

Flarm radar has been extremely useful and fun in the last year in
Europe but we glider pilots collectively own the vital ingredient which
is the ground receiver network and I for one wont be buying a tracker
from the OGN in those circumstances.

John Galloway


What's the source about OGN trying to sell us commercial transmitters? I
cannot confirm this.

In my understanding, there are ongoing negociations between OGN
programmers and FLARM representatives to find a solution for decoding
Flarm data packets that satisfy all participants - Flarm Company, OGN
activists, pilots not wanting their data published on the internet.

IMHO this might still take a while, and until then there will be no OGN
service available.

You might refer to the OGN tracker service, but this is only an
alternative signal source for OGN, I guess not many pilots will add
hardware fjust for the purpose of beeing able to be tracked. OGN success
lives and dies with the ability to use Flarm signals.
--
Peter Scholz
ASW24 JE