Oudie Live is an app that sends position
data via Bluetooth to your phone which
then sends a data packet to a web service
such as Livetrack24, Soaring Spot or See
You Cloud. Note each service has its
differences.

XCSOAR can also work with Skylines.

Cell coverage over the Alberta foothills is
sparse on the ground, but at altitude Oudie
Live updates Livetrack24 just fine.

Our private owners use it along with
PowerFLARM which can also be used for
retrospective flight path reconstruction for
SAR, but Livetrack24 positions are
available within minutes.

I also have a PLB. Unless I end up on a
high ridge in line of sight of a tower
(there's quite a few that are not), the cell
phone won't help.

At 20:20 09 March 2016,
wrote:
On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at
11:38:30 AM UTC-7, kiwiindenver wrote:
Hi All,

For those of you wondering about
glider flight tracking options this
year. I suggest watching the Seminole
Lake Gliderport activity so see an
example of a number of technologies all
in one place.

Here is the lsuink
http://glideport.aero/map?
p=GlidePort:396


Pilots with Spot
AXC,FH,G1,F6,KM,N1K,U

Pilots with InReach
DK,nb?

Pilots with Cell phone data
U (Roman has both Spot and a Cell
phone)

No single solution is perfect. I suggest
you watch the traces and see
the delays and information provided by
each technology.


Some of my personal observations
* Spot doesn't have altitude
* InReach appears to be the most
consistent regarding delays. It has
altitude
* Cell has the richest data but can be
highly variable in delays.

Alan

For those that missed it. Roman's cell
trace was silent for about 1:20.
That is a LONG time. IMHO that is also
not typical, 30min is not unusual.

CORRECTION : Roman has InReach, not
Spot. You can see the altitude trace.

I like watching Roman's cell trace.
Compare the two traces for yourself to
see the difference. BUT it can be VERY
frustrating due to delays.

I like the cell data but I certainly would
not trust my life to it.

Alan