APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) is not just for vehicle tracking, but rather for tactical situational awareness.
APRS was originally developed by Bob Bruninga WB4APR and is used to transmit real-time information such as messages, bulletins, announcements and the locations of any stations or objects via amateur packet radio protocols. Real-time reporting of station position for mobiles is facilitated using the Global Positioning System. APRS is capable of transmitting a wide variety of data including weather reports, short text messages, radio direction finding bearings, telemetry data, and storm forecasts. These reports can be combined with a computer and mapping software to show the transmitted data superimposed on a variety of map displays.
View a live APRS map of -
- Auckland region
- Auckland
- Hamilton
- Tauranga
- Rotorua
- Gisborne
- Hawkes Bay region
- Napier/Hastings
- Manawatu region
- Wairarapa region
- Masterton
- Wellington/Porirua/Hutt Valley
- Nelson/Marlborough region
- Nelson
- Blenheim
- West Coast region
- Mid/North Canterbury region
- Christchurch
- South Canterbury region
- Timaru
- Southland/Otago region
- Dunedin
- Invercargill