flyingflea125 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hi Group, Flying a microlight is great fun, but I sometimes wondered if there was anything out there that could send live coordinates of where I was, in case loved one's needed to find my last where about's... I search the web, but only found things that cost an arm and leg or required annual fees... until I stumbled across a free software at InstaMapper - Free Real-Time GPS Tracking made to work on Iphone, Android & BlackBerry mobiles, I had recently purchased an Iphone and within minutes had the InstaMapper App loaded and working. All I do is switch on software app before my flight, and it starts sending coordinates to Google Map. If my wife needs to find me, she simply logins to webpage and can see the lastest flight info, usually speed, Height and general location. So far it's worked great, and I can save flights for future reference. cheers Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracktop Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hi looks like an nice solution and a good find the web site says it is data intensive and suggests an unlimited plan Have you got this or a solution or is it not really a problem or is it a bit soon to know yet? - What do you recommend - not really up to date with phone plans Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingflea125 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hi Ray I have run application at normal rate and it sends data every 2 minutes, and I have a capped plan of 150mb a month, and I ran app today on 1hr flight, it used about 5mb, but if your planning a longer flight or worried about data usage you can extend the data rate longer, so it's only sending every 5 minutes for example. cheers Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracktop Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Thanks Mark Doesn't seem that intensive as they suggested and certainly in the acceptable level Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brett Campany Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Great app!! Finally a decent GPS app for my iPhone. What do you think the best setting will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingflea125 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Hi Brett, just try default setting and see how it goes. The longer between data sent the less detail you will get back, but totally up to you want you want from data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Optus now resell the Thyanya (my spelling is crap) Sat mobile based system and it has it's own GPS tracking service provided as part of it. You simply set the phone to SMS the GPS locations to a phone number on a regular basis. I used it crossing the Simpson and would recommend it to anyone. It's nice to see a flight path with last known speed, heading etc displayed. System can be accessed by anyone with the password. Giles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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