On Feb 13, 10:39 am, Frank wrote:
Our club (CCSC) is starting to think about providing real-time SPOT-
based glider track displays for ground crew/spectators for our 2009
Region 6 contest, and I was wondering if other clubs were considering
similar programs.


We've been running a spot tracking system at Omarama this season. It
was used during the Nationals in January and the CD loved it.

http://map.xinqu.net/spotmap.html

The spot is a bit limited compared to some of the other systems
available, but it is a tenth of the cost and it does work. It is
particularly useful in the mountains where you can easily be out of
radio contact due to terrain, and where there is no cell phone
coverage.

The local club have spot units in all the club gliders, and Glide
Omarama have spots in most of their fleet. Most flying days will see
around five spots in the air. During the contest we had twenty.

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Philip Plane