Mobile Aviation Weather

Oh, to have the old Palm wifi technology back...

wrote in news:1193924673.760774.184400
@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

I have been wondering if more than that could be done. I know there
are experiments with war flying for wifi.
I have wondered though if a volunteer network of wifi
hotspots ,accessible to pilots while in the air,could be established
to pull down TAF's, METAR's, nexrad and such.
It would be an alternative to having to subscribe to xm radio's
weather service.



On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
for me straight from NOAA.

I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
the current national Radar image.

I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
airport runway lengths, freq...etc.

This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
updates will be coming.

If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
model and ill add support for your phone.

Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
address.

Thanks!

Felix

Judah wrote:
Oh, to have the old Palm wifi technology back...

If you mean connect via WiFi when you are near one and via cell when you
aren't, you can get it back with the iPhone.

No, as a Blackberry is the last thing you'd buy if you want anything
other than email.



aluckyguess wrote:

what about a blackberry?
"Newps" wrote in message
. ..

For those of you with smartphones and PDA's with wireless all of this has
already been done. I originally got this for the W+B part of the program,
it is by far the best I've seen. This program is a full featured flight
planning program.


http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
:

Judah wrote:
Oh, to have the old Palm wifi technology back...

If you mean connect via WiFi when you are near one and via cell when you
aren't, you can get it back with the iPhone.

No, I mean Palm.Net. Palm used to have an internet connectivity solution
that was proprietary to their phones (I think series 7). It was not
available everywhere, but where it was available, it was pretty reliable,
and worked over really long-distances. I was able to get it up at 10,000'
as well as on trains, in cars, and in buildings.

It wasn't the fastest connection in the world, but there was even a live
NEXRAD weather app for pilots that I used more than once from the air. The
app was free, and the service was $20/month with bandwidth limitations, and
maybe twice that if you wanted unlimited bandwidth.

I think it was less reliable than cell service on the ground, but in the
air it was substantially more reliable than cell service.

In 2004, they dropped the service. A lot of people here thought someone
would pick it up specifically for aviation benefits, but 3 years later it
is all but forgotten technology.

Would have been nice if one of the cell providers picked it up as a backup
for their backbone or something...

Yes, please! I still have my Palm i705 charging on my desk. That, with
PalmNet and Cheap *******s software gave me almost live radar up to 8,000'
for almost no money. It was a sad, sad day when they stopped that service.

"Judah" wrote in message
.. .
Oh, to have the old Palm wifi technology back...

wrote in news:1193924673.760774.184400
@z9g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

I have been wondering if more than that could be done. I know there
are experiments with war flying for wifi.
I have wondered though if a volunteer network of wifi
hotspots ,accessible to pilots while in the air,could be established
to pull down TAF's, METAR's, nexrad and such.
It would be an alternative to having to subscribe to xm radio's
weather service.



On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
for me straight from NOAA.

I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
the current national Radar image.

I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
airport runway lengths, freq...etc.

This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
updates will be coming.

If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
model and ill add support for your phone.

Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
address.

Thanks!

Felix

"Newps" wrote in message
. ..
No, as a Blackberry is the last thing you'd buy if you want anything other
than email.
Why do you say that? You can get email on any phone. Not pushed but you can
get it. I had every smart phone PDA cingular had. Non of them worked half as
good as the Blackberry. I was a windows guy until I tried the Blackberry.
You never need to reboot all functions are common sense. They really are
better. Try one for a week you will switch. If you need help you talk to
people who speak english. Almost everyone of my freinds have one now.
They dont put a reset button on the side for a reason, they dont need it.



aluckyguess wrote:

what about a blackberry?
"Newps" wrote in message
. ..

For those of you with smartphones and PDA's with wireless all of this has
already been done. I originally got this for the W+B part of the
program, it is by far the best I've seen. This program is a full
featured flight planning program.


http://www.hiltonsoftware.com/

You missed the point of my response. If all you need is email then
perhaps a BB is for you. If you want to have a bunch of aftermarket
software then the BB sucks. I have the Moto Q and I never turn it off,
never needs rebooting.

aluckyguess wrote:

"Newps" wrote in message
. ..

No, as a Blackberry is the last thing you'd buy if you want anything other
than email.

Why do you say that? You can get email on any phone. Not pushed but you can
get it. I had every smart phone PDA cingular had. Non of them worked half as
good as the Blackberry. I was a windows guy until I tried the Blackberry.
You never need to reboot all functions are common sense. They really are
better. Try one for a week you will switch. If you need help you talk to
people who speak english. Almost everyone of my freinds have one now.
They dont put a reset button on the side for a reason, they dont need it.

On Nov 1, 7:03 am, Felix wrote:
Hi Everyone,

I've found that I always want to look up METARs and TAFs when not in
front of a computer. So I wrote a Mobile website to do get this info
for me straight from NOAA.

I thought it would also be useful to others. So here is the URL:
awx.mobi Its a free service and no registering needed to use it. Just
goto that URL on your phone and you'll be able to get METARs TAFs and
the current national Radar image.

I'm working on other information as well like state by state radar,
airport runway lengths, freq...etc.

This is all in beta...I'm working on this at my spare time. But
updates will be coming.

If you have any problems like your phone isn't loading the site. Then
send an email to me at felix at bepilot.com and tell me your phone
model and ill add support for your phone.

Suggestions questions and comments also welcome at the above email
address.

Thanks!

Felix

Hi

My name is Nikolay Klimchuk

I've implemented MobiWeather - Java application for cellphones that
takes METAR and TAF according defined location few years ago.
If you're interested I can send it to you.

AGREE 100%!

On Nov 2, 2:47 pm, "LWG" wrote:
Yes, please! I still have my Palm i705 charging on my desk. That, with
PalmNet and Cheap *******s software gave me almost live radar up to 8,000'
for almost no money. It was a sad, sad day when they stopped that service.

On Nov 2, 7:47 pm, Newps wrote:
You missed the point of my response. If all you need is email then
perhaps a BB is for you. If you want to have a bunch of aftermarket
software then the BB sucks. I have the Moto Q and I never turn it off,
never needs rebooting.

I have WingX on my Moto Q and I have a problem that cust service can
not figure out. If I try downloading chart updates to my 2GB card, the
update stops in the middle and the phone restarts itself (and the
update is not fully transfered). This only happens if I try to
directly download a large chart update (like the USA-West or the
entire USA). Have you tried downloading a large chart update directly
to the Mini SD card? If so, have you run in to this problem?

Thanks,
Cary