ge0rg/aprsdroid — Issue #24: Wishlist Items
Author: k4ety
Created: 2011-10-12 16:37:27+00:00
State: open

1. Configuration option: Display distances in km or miles.

2. If you select an entry from the Station History (showing the text as it was received), show a parsed, formatted display of the information (a detail screen)

3. Implement a "Balloon Chase" mode:
- Select/Designate one, two, or possible even three Callsign/SSIDs to be the target. We usually have secondary or even tertiary backup systems on the balloon, so these should all have the same location info in normal circumstances.
- Have a map display that automatically scrolls and maintains zoom amount as needed to keep both the current target location and the APRSdroid device's location onscreen and centered. Center on the midpoint between the target and the device. If user zooms out, scroll to keep centered and maintain zoom unless the device or target can no longer both be onscreen.
- Display tracks for the target(s) and device. User-selectable colors would be a nice touch. Being able to save/export the tracks to a KML file at the conclusion of the chase would be even better.
- Any APRS positions received within the display range should be shown as normal. Having a configuration list to contain other callsigns to highlight would be a nice touch. This would allow you to easily spot and distinguish other chase vehicles.
- Have a map overlay box that shows current info for the target (combined from both target Callsign/SSIDs): Distance to target, target altitude, target speed, target rate of climb/descent, time of last beacon, minutes since last beacon, the X most recent comment fields from target beacons (contains telemetry data). Some way of selecting which fields to display and set the order would be even better. Maybe a way to easily toggle the overlay box on and off would be helpful for a phone's smallish display.

4. To make this work really well, the APRSdroid needs to be able to receive data via AFSK, either using the phone's microphone, by using an audio cable or bluetooth audio from the android device to the radio. The latter would allow both sending and receiving positions via radio.

5. Having the extra screen real estate provided by a tablet would make all of this data a bit easier to see all at once. Most tablets support bluetooth audio but many have no builtin mic. I have a Nook Color running Cyanogenmod and would be glad to volunteer to test with it...

Lastly, thanks again for all of the effort you put into this. I hope it remains a fulfilling pursuit.