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The Tracking Hub allows you to combine various location tracking sources and feed them to the Open Glider Net. This allows you to use all functionalities of the OGN community, including SAR even in regions where no OGN receiver is located.
Modern technologies allow different ways to track your position. All different have their own specific advantages and disadvantages. This project allows to combine all the different tracking data sources to get the best out of all tracking channels as there are.OGN Open Glider network | based on FLARMĀ® |
Mobile Tracking | based on mobile phones |
ADS-B | based on Mode-S Transponder |
SPOT | based on satellite telephone |
Type | Data Interval | Reception range | Range | Disadvantage |
OGN | 1s | Good > 1000m GND Very weak below |
The higher the better | Bad near ground |
ADS-B | 5s | Good > 500m GND weak below |
The higher the better | Bad near ground |
Mobile Phone | 1 .. 60s | Good < 500m GND weak above |
The lower the better | Need cell phone network |
SPOT | 5 .. 15 min | Perfect | infinite | Very Slow additional cost |