[aprsfi] Beta test: data exporting

[Heikki Hannikainen]

Hi,

Please try out the new data export tool. There are no links to it from the
web site yet. Feedback welcome, as usual! User account required.

http://aprs.fi/export/

It can export to KMZ (zip'ed KML + embedded symbol graphics in the same
file, for Google Earth), CSV (opens up nicely in Excel, but seems to
require some tricks in OpenOffice), JSON and XML (for the programmers out
there).

This feature is aimed at people who wish to download their balloon's track
afterwards, or their path to Dayton and back.

It's not aimed at people who wish to download the whole aprs.fi database,
so it's rate limited quite heavily. Also, it's not an API. I'll probably
set the limit to 3 downloads per day per user, although for the beta test,
it's currently set to 10 downloads per day per user.

- Hessu

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[K2DSL]

Need enhancement to the site. I did an export of the past 2 weekends,
uploaded the KMZ files to my web site and then referenced the KMZ
files from Google Maps which plotted them fine.

Northern NJ to Hershey PA:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fwww.levinecentral.com%2Ftest%2FK2DSL-7_Hershey_APRS.kmz&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=41.682395,84.902344&ie=UTF8&ll=40.543026,-75.465088&spn=2.508655,5.306396&t=h&z=8

Northern NJ to Atlantic City NJ:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fwww.levinecentral.com%2Ftest%2FK2DSL-7_AtlanticCity_APRS.kmz&sll=40.634799,-75.465088&sspn=2.326053,5.306396&ie=UTF8&ll=40.191463,-74.311523&spn=2.341425,5.306396&t=h&z=8

Seems to be a handy way to be able to archive your own APRS info.
Thanks again!

K2DSL - David

[James Ewen]

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Heikki Hannikainen <he...@hes.iki.fi> wrote:

> Please try out the new data export tool. There are no links to it from the
> web site yet. Feedback welcome, as usual! User account required.
>

> This feature is aimed at people who wish to download their balloon's track
> afterwards, or their path to Dayton and back.

I just about wet my pants!!!

We just recovered our VE6ATV-13 balloon a couple hours ago, and this
is a feature we've asked for many times before.

Just downloaded the KMZ file, and there's no altitude associated with
the lat/long!

Our balloon tracks along the ground.

Please get the altitude data included so we can save our 3 dimensional
track before our data expires!

Great addition to the site, just missing the altitude!!!

James
VE6SRV

[Heikki Hannikainen]

On Sun, 16 May 2010, James Ewen wrote:

> Just downloaded the KMZ file, and there's no altitude associated with
> the lat/long!
>
> Our balloon tracks along the ground.

Oops. Just a little bug, it should be there...

[Heikki Hannikainen]

On Mon, 17 May 2010, Heikki Hannikainen wrote:

> On Sun, 16 May 2010, James Ewen wrote:
>
>> Just downloaded the KMZ file, and there's no altitude associated with
>> the lat/long!
>>
>> Our balloon tracks along the ground.
>
> Oops. Just a little bug, it should be there...

... and should work now.

[James Ewen]

On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Heikki Hannikainen <he...@hes.iki.fi> wrote:

>>> Just downloaded the KMZ file, and there's no altitude associated with
>>> the lat/long!
>>>
>>> Our balloon tracks along the ground.
>>
>> Oops. Just a little bug, it should be there...
>
> ... and should work now.

You're lucky there's so much water between where you are and where I
am, or I'd run over there and give you a big old kiss! 8)

I've been involved in a little project called Le Grand Saut over the
weekend. http://www.legrandsaut.org

It is an attempt to ride a helium balloon to the edge of space, and
skydive back to earth. In addition to all the scientific research
information gathered, it would also set 4 world records, highest
manned balloon flight, longest duration freefall, fastest speed during
freefall, and highest freefall.

Mark Caviezel NG0X built and delivered an 8 million cubic foot
balloon, and also brought along an excellent group of balloon pilots
as his launch crew, along with his own meteorologist Mark Conner
N9XTN. This excellent team came through and delivered for the project.
They were in mid fill within 1/2 an hour or so of launch when the
word came to abort from the payload crew. Michel Fournier's parachute
suffered a malfunction calling an end to the launch attempt.

I was part of the chase and recovery crew, along with Barry VE6SBS,
Garrett VE6RKY, Bob VE6ROZ, Barry VA6DX, Dave VA6RA, Curtis VE6AEW and
Jason (soon to be licensed), who gathered to ensure that the medical
and rescue crews would be on site when Michel returned to earth. Our
secondary task being the tracking and recovery of the payload, so that
the team could recover all the recorded video and data, along with
tracking the 1 ton balloon for clean up. We also looked after
launching an APRS windsonde to gather upper wind data just hours
before the main launch. http://aprs.fi/ve6atv-13

What an amazing experience... in the last 24 hours, we've had Scott
N1VG and Jason KE4NYV jump to the plate for us, rewriting, compiling,
and then emailing us new firmware for the brand new RTrak HAB payload,
adding in another telemetry sensor, Lynn KE4ERJ create and release a
new development version of APRSISCE/32 to correct a minor telemetry
bug in his client, and Hessu OH7LZB adding a new kmz download
capability to aprs.fi (with a nearly immediate response to a bug
report, to fix a missing altitude parameter).

The dedication of these individuals to their "hobby" is outstanding!
There is no way that we could have had better support. The "commercial
world" doesn't respond like this... it can take weeks or months to get
responses and updates to issues like these.

All I can say is WOW!

Thank you gentlemen for tireless and unrewarded support. You are all a
shining example of why I am proud to tell people that I am an amateur
radio operator.

For the love of radio!

James
VE6SRV