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1. If set too low they will never go green Auto shut off minutes This will automatically switch the client to Off after the specified length of time if no new location data is received that is you re not moving In shutting off the tracker this turns off the GPS in the iPhone which in turn saves battery 15 minutes is a reasonable value here Units Map amp Compass Units Map amp Compass Compass Units Meters Kilometers km h gt Map Type show Info Overlay Aviation Pilots About Version Degrees gt Hybrid gt i Settings OFF Units Map amp Compass allows toggling the display units between Imperial English and Metric Map Type offers Standard Hybrid and Satellite just as Google Maps does Note that the main display is speed sensitive If the Units are metric and you re not moving fast enough then meters second will be displayed More than 3 6 m s and the display with then show km h Additionally Compass toggles between pure degrees being shown or degrees and compass points N E S W The Info Overlay switch adds the compass altitude and speed data to the top of the LiveMap in a translucent overlay The next section Aviation is to set options specifically for those who fly Aviation Pilots m Swisscom E IGC Export Info Pilot Name Peter Greis Glider ID 35755 UTC Offset H MM 2 00 Airspace Show Objects Purchase Unlock Object Filte2. If you are outside of an airspace this distance to the boundary will be shown both on the main screen and on the live map If inside of an airspace then In followed by the airspace name will be displayed Limitations of Boundary Calculations As the iPhone 1s not primarily designed as a dedicated flight instrument we need to point out a few things that pilots need to be aware of The Data Unless otherwise noted in the Open Air data file itself we assume that the altitudes noted are in feet One notable exception is the Segelflugkarte in Switzerland Although the paper map is noted in meters the data in the Open Air file 1s not If something looks out of order suspect the data iOS 4 0 and Multitasking As of version 1 6 we fully support background multitasking This means that if the tracker is turned on then a coordinate data point is saved internally every 10 meters just as if 1t were running in the foreground
3. In practice a threshold of 100 meters should suffice for most people 5 Tracker Status This is the switch which controls everything Turn on to start tracking turn off to stop If the airspace unlock has been purchased and airspaces set to visible then the distance to airspace will be displayed just above the tracker status 6 Window Shade Toggle This morphs the initial view into a screen which only shows altitude speed and direction in large text As of version 1 5 it is possible to tap the power button and turn the screen off while the tracker 1s running We highly recommend insuring that a few coordinates have been saved before doing this On the bottom of the view is the standard toolbar which switches between the various views Window shade expanded wi Swisscom E speed 78 km h 330M Tracker On Off Live Tracker Live Man Tapping the Window shade button animates the display hiding non essential information Displayed are speed altitude and direction via the compass at the top Tapping the window shade button again returns the display to the more detailed view I note here that for the pilots the distance to airspace will remain visible even with the window shade extended The Live Map ll Swisscom 3G Ober Wolfhausenbke iho UE zh aio Tia a j En a E L Le TE aya Ls RL ha Bete Near cst a o f ene Je Ar f hd n TP Ly pen e ts Po i
4. not yet have an upload API Enter your username and password for the OLC site carefully Due to security concerns we can not check if this 1s correct or not during the upload Please log into the site afterwards to insure that the upload did in fact happen All user info in the view is saved and will appear on the next visit on a per site basis This means your credentials will be saved for each of the sites listed in the Picker individually Info General directions on using the application are here as well as special thanks and a few disclaimers sl Swisscom 3G 7 41 Livetrack 24 is the first iPhone client for the tracking site http www livetrack24 com Please visit the site first to set up your free account Once completed please visit Settings to put in your account credentials and other information Although primarily intended for free flight pilots this client can be used for those travelling via bike hot air balloon and hang glider to name a few About the accuracy the horizontal and vertical accuracy fields will change color to indicate if the gps values are less than the threshold you set in the preferences For flight operations this should generally be from 50 to 100 meters Once both fields are green will the client first start sending data to the live tracker To fully ulilize the map views and tracking features this program pulls and pushes data over the 3G data network It is your responsibility t
5. such as Switzerland have fairly reasonable data plans 10 for 250MB per month Out of your home country you might want to turn off data roaming in Settings gt General gt Network gt Data Roaming to avoid extra data charges If you do this then be aware that the map data will not update although the track itself will still appear Settings This is where all of the application configuration is done As it is possible to change most of these while the tracker is running we decided to move the settings inside of the application instead of leaving them in the general Settings section of your iPhone Live Tracker Data Tracker Leonardo Live Username peterareis Password ecceese Glider Make Gin Model Rebel XL Traveling via Paraglider Final Message Need help ma Settings Car 4 x 4 Car gt The first section is the data specifically used for the Live Track 24 web site Starting at the top Tracker Currently there are four settings Leonardo Test Leonardo Live the web site www livetrack24 com DHV Live XC and None As mentioned before all track data saved no matter what this setting is We may opt to add more services in the future just ask Username Your Live Track 24 user name Password Your Live Track 24 password please double check this 1f you get Credentials not valid when switching on the tracker Vehicle Make The manufacturer of your vehicle Fo
6. things that fly although the vehicle types available are quite a bit more comprehensive So let s get to it Getting Started As the name implies this is a tracker client For full functionality please visit http www livetrack24 com and sign up for your free account Additionally as of version 1 5 there is support for the German tracker DHV Live XC at http livexc dhv1 de As you visit the web site s drill into a track in progress to get an idea of what the site can do Tracks can be viewed in either Google Maps or Google Earth As you will discover later the tracker used can also be set to None Why this Two simple words roaming charges Personally we use the tracker a lot for flying and sometimes in foreign countries As we all know the 3G data charges outside of your home turf can be quite steep In these cases you may elect to set the tracker to None so that no live tracker is used All of the track data is stored internally in the application in a sql database so nothing ever gets lost Position of your iPhone I think we re all aware of the reception issues with the iPhone 4 and the built in GPS is not exempt For all models of the iPhone we have found that the best possible position for GPS reception is mounted fairly flat facing the sky Results will vary depending on where you decide to put the phone some experimentation may be called for here The Tracker Screen The first view after the app la
7. your country most major countries have the airspace listed somewhere out there in the internet The best source we have found to date 1s http soaringweb org Object Filters Here the individual classes of airspace can be turned on and off Open Air Data Used to select the Open Air data Airspace overlay transparency Determines how opaque the drawn airspaces are As some airspace definitions set fairly dark colors obscuring the map below this feature has been added in version 1 7 Purchase Unlock Without an unlock only the first 20 objects in the OpenAir file will be displayed The actual cost will be shown when selecting this option the price varies due to the occasional special Let s look at the Object Filters next Airspace Object Filters Airspace Visibility Class AG BBQ CODE CTR Restricted Danger Prohibited Glider Prohibited Wave Window Airstrip Heliport lt y lt lt Settings By choosing the appropriate checkbox each individual class and category of airspace can be made visible or not All of these outside of Airstrip Heliport are defined in the Open Air specification The settings here influence the Live Map and the Track History Map views You may elect to disable certain pieces of airspace to de clutter the Map View A bit of experimentation is called for here to discover what works best for you Open Air Data Austria Swiizerland ilylan
8. z a Tapping on the window shade button will give NN more statistics regarding the track itself hiding N the altitude profile in the process Tap the window shade again to hide the detail and show the altitude profile again ikii Swisscom 3G 7 40 MN 2010 07 03 11 11 20 Hoch Ybrig Elapsed Time 2 02 53 Linear Distance 2 3 km Track Distance 70 7 km 1142 m lt min Altitude max gt 2409 m Total meters ascended 2988 Total meters descended 3658 Coordinates saved 2811 Coordinates sent to tracker 118 Vehicle Paraglider Traveling via gin rebel Track Detail Map View a S wi Swisscom 3G 16 11 Track Detail ON 2D Jew a rm Weglosen E This is a flight track with the launch on the lower edge of the view and the landing zone next to Weglosen Hoch Y brig Switzerland Because of the way that the Location services from Apple work we re saving a data point at approximately 10 meter intervals For the pilots out there this gives you enough resolution to see which way you re turning in a thermal As expected the behavior of this view is just like Google Maps as they supply the underlying data Touch and drag to scroll around pinch to zoom in and out The disclaimer This uses Google Map data said data is pulled over a 3G Edge data connection It is your responsibility to understand your mobile subscription tariff model and any charges that may result from data use Many countries
9. Livetrack 24 for 10S User Manual Version 1 7 freethinker gmbh 2011 Table of Contents is D ne cdi cen te DD on de ne saat en 3 CSS SALE CR o a Let in a bat need elton reenter 4 POSITION OL your PONS sannar o A 4 Toe TACOS ae a nl ee ee 5 Window shade expanded vista tii 6 TS Eye Mia A A AA T E O A E E E A T A 8 Tack D S a Re de ne tie ln ce cime dl 9 AUS PO TR de ne eee nt E ed a 10 Window shade extended veran aia 11 Track D LAI Ne entente a 12 DCMI GS jah c uae O Male ital ad ulema Andel a dual Match be tcioe aad ulutendaal tes 13 Mi E es saan evecare E ES A E cna tos isefaem tet apa E carton A 16 PRIUS VAG EN ET ab tere bases ER oo D EN SET AA DR PS 17 PAE AOS A ei teaattes 18 OPER Al Daido ern eee 19 Upload LOS caos 20 RO de de ed EOS 21 MOLE OH ATS DAC VIC a Ne ire 22 DA OUAIS ido 23 Airspace How Dad can debe 24 1084 Oa Multas kino veria ron Asi IIA a AAA rada dina cacao ene 25 SMAP NOT CAUTO ata aaa 25 Introduction Congratulations you ve taken the first step to using Livetrack24 for 105 formerly LiveTrack24Lite which is looking at this manual What exactly is Livetrack 24 It s an iPhone iOS application which is a tracker client With this application your location is sent to the web site www livetrack24 com where others can see your position in near time The web site itself was created and is being maintained by a Greek paragliding pilot Manolis Andreadakis You may notice on the web site a focus on
10. a Switzerland Soaring web URL veww fiyland ch download dbdataldwn openair php The Open Air Data view 1s where the relevant airspace 1s selected to view Once chosen the URL will be downloaded in the background parsed and be made available for use After the file is downloaded a dialog will pop up confirming that the file has been downloaded If there is any doubt if the file is correct the URL can be copied from Modify Selected and pasted into Safari for confirmation let us know if this should be a built in feature Add New Modify Selected and Delete Selected allow you to add change and remove settings A few default countries come defined with version 1 3 0 and later namely Austria Germany Switzerland the UK and USA If anyone finds a more extensive list than what is listed on http soaringweb org please let us know at info at freethinker dot com Upload to OLC servers als wisscom 3G 10 07 www paraglidingiorum com Enter upload comments here UAL for more information http imy awesumilight into Send to XC server From the Track Detail view if the vehicle type for the flight was anything that flies Paraglider FAI1 etc an additional upload A button will appear just to the right of the export button Tapping that will bring you to the OLC Upload view At the moment this only supports Leonardo based OLC cross country sites primarily as Xcontest org does
11. blame Note that the OpenAir object classification is the first thing listed in the info swatch here R for restricted Airspace How bad can it be _ m al E 1 E Ara el 7 AE F A y 1 4 P ps i A LL s s E a 5950ALT a in sn H Pm E q Ti de 135 OALT E rich 45 i po r ee grr QUALT until e n E jin Einsiedeln me El i tuswili Emren Wal arg aT i Fy Let s get oriented first The flight track from the two previous screen grabs can be seen in the lower right corner along with the two previous pieces of airspace look closely On a larger scale Zurich Switzerland is roughly in the middle of the screen with the CTR to Kloten CTR Zurich 4C just above it I think anyone reading this should be slowly understanding why airspace views might be a good thing One popular flying site is Uetliberg located next to Adliswil roughly in the center of the map So here we re right on the end of an approach way to Emmen under an airway approach to Kloten Zurich International and right next to either an airstrip or Heliport Gets a bit complicated doesn t it Airspace distance to boundary calculation With version 1 7 the airspace parser has been enhanced and a calculation engine added If airspaces are visible and the unlock purchased then the calculation engine will run every time a coordinate update event is received
12. more meaningful once you drill down into the track data Delete Single and Delete All on the top navigation bar behave as you you expect removing either one or all of the track histories Now let s tap on one of those saved tracks Track Detail LRU 2010 07 03 11 11 20 Hoch Ybrig Elapsed Time 2 02 53 Linear Distance 2 3 km Track Distance km 1142 m lt min Altitude max gt 2409 m Upload Clicking on the track name brings us here At the top the default date and time stamp can be changed to something more appropriate Next 1s the length of time that tracker has be running for certain distance or time to goal events this may be important The next two lines are the linear point to point distance and the distance along the path itself As you can see here hint it s a paragliding track the start is not very far from the finish but we re moving at over 30km h so the track distance is just over 70 km Min and max altitude recorded are listed followed by the export button Just to the right 1s another window shade button just as on the Live Tracker display The export button pops up a dialog which will attach the data to email which you can send to yourself Supported are comma separated values KML Google Earth Maps and IGC standard soaring flight format mostly for sail plane competition logging If the vehicle type is hang glider or paraglider then there will be an addi
13. o understand how your cellular ry e mae info More on Airspace Views _ The basic idea is simple you should be aware that something 1s there with the least amount of clutter With that in mind we 1s one simple rule If there 1s not sufficient space to show the airspace detail 1t is not shown This is directly related to the size of the airspace object and the zoom level Here we see two pieces of airspace at Hoch Ybrig On the right there is a Q restricted zone which we know is a military test zone as we re responsible and checked the original map right and one on the left which is unknown So zoom in a little bit to get to the detail History ai Swisscom 3G 16 42 R Hoch Ybrig GND History After zooming the info swatch becomes visible shown here is a restricted zone from ground on up Data Quality Most if not all of the Open Air data files are generated by volunteers As such they may not be exactly as precise nor up to date as we would like This explains why two different files for the same country may appear quite different My own experience shows that one file may tag all airspace as CTR when on the official map they are all clearly identified as individual airspace classes e g A through E So if you re toggling the different pieces on and off in the Object Filters and you don t get the desired result I can also guarantee that the source file is to
14. r example Ford 1f traveling by car Vehicle Model Model of your vehicle here we have a paraglider could be Focus using the car example Traveling via Here you set your mode of transportation Possibilities are currently Paraglider Flex wing FAI1 Rigid wing FAIS Glider Paramotor Trike Powered Flight Hot Air Balloon Walk Run Bike Hike Mountain Bike Motorcycle Windsurf Sailing Kitesurf Snowboard Ski Snowkite Final Message This is sent to the web site when the client is turned off In no way will this trigger any sort of action automatically possible messages are e Everything OK e Need retrieve e Need some help nothing broken e Need help maybe something broken e HELP Serious injury wi Swisscom E Password eessese Vehicle Make Gin Vehicle Model Rebe Traveling via Paraglider gt Final Message Everything OK gt Log interval seconds 30 Accuracy threshold meters 200 Auto shut off minutes 5 Ps settings Log interval seconds This 1s how often the client sends data up to the tracker if it is set to anything other than None although internally we re still saving coordinates every 10 meters Accuracy threshold meters Below this value data will be sent to the Live Track 24 web site if the tracker is set to anything other than None On the main display the accuracy backgrounds will be green 1f within the threshold otherwise red
15. rs settings IGC Export Info The next three rows fill in the data header section for those exporting the track data in IGC format most commonly used by sail plane pilots Those who are not pilots can simply leave these fields blank Items under IGC Export Info do not influence the running of the tracker they are informational only Airspace Airspace show Objects Show Info Purchase Unlock Object Filters Open Air Data Airspace overlay transparency file This next section applies to those flying as the origins of the tracking web site lies here With most free flight record attempts the flight path must remain outside of controlled airspace in order to be valid As there is airspace nearly everywhere where the software is developed Switzerland being able to stay outside of controlled airspace is fairly important To view airspace objects set Show Objects to On Everyone else can leave this turned off Purchase Unlock As with other devices and software you will only be able to see the first 5 objects in the airspace data file without an unlock This is what other products that display airspace generally do as well Purchasing the unlock removes the limitation on the objects drawn to the map it has nothing to do with buying data files these are available for free The actual airspaces themselves are in OpenAir format it 1s up to you to find the appropriate file for
16. tional Upload button which allows direct upload to Lenoardo based OLC sites Just think no more need to connect your flight computer to a laptop download from the flight computer then upload to the site At the very bottom is the altitude profile of the track The white dots on top of the plot indicate that a GPS coordinate was sent at that point in time to a tracker If the tracker was set to None then the top of the graph would be clean without any white dots Now just to show you that the altitude profile is more than just a pretty picture put a finger down anywhere on the graph Altitude Profile TE Swisscom 3G ARLES HY 2009 09 09 15 35 40 tracked Time 0 33 00 Linear Distance 2 3 km Track Distance 16 2 km 1144 m min Altitude max gt 1988 m Touching the altitude profile will show the time and altitude of the data at that particular point Just drag your finger back and forth to see how this works So here we caught a thermal just before 16 00 and climbed out a bit If the solid line becomes dashed and the information swatch disappears it means that there is no data for that point on the graph think land based tracks and driving through tunnels Rather than interpolate the data and make an estimate we have chosen to show instead that there is no data for that point Tapping the Map View navigation button upper right will then bring us to the actual track Window shade extended
17. tra nel e A E FA az A a E L A 7 PUR er pie che 4 Sig gicidbach a TOA L utzelau a lee j Lifenau fe i s APA Hurd f ro I T Live Map Under way you can change to the live map view at any time to see where you are Just as with the standard Google Maps application you can pinch and scroll your way around Your current track shows as a yellow trace on the screen Generally the view will not recenter itself until your track gets right up to an edge For those interested in airspace pilots airspace objects will be drawn even if the tracker is switched off Show Objects needs to be set to On in Settings and items in the filter will need to be selected In Settings there is the option to turn on an overlay feature on the live map This will indicate altitude speed and compass heading at the top of the map History Swisscom 3G Delete Single HY sledder 2009 09 08 13 09 30 HY high flight 2009 09 08 14 46 24 HY 2009 09 09 14 07 07 HY 2009 09 09 15 35 40 tracked Driving to Hoch Ybrig 2009 09 09 HY 2009 09 10 14 40 57 Italy 2009 09 29 15 09 47 Campitello 2009 09 30 11 51 48 al History Using this view you can review your last adventure All of your saved tracks regardless of whether they were sent to a tracker or not are listed here Originally they appear with the date and time that they were saved As you will see in a minute that can be changed to something
18. unches is the main tracker screen Going from top to bottom we have a de i fi i bt i 200 210 220 230 Altitude 74 km h 470m Location Lat 47 2377 Long 8 8349 Course 990 Distance 2km Accuracy Horizontal Vertical Coordinates saved Packets sent to tracker Tracker Status a e Live Tracker Live Map 1 Compass Indicator Much like the Garmin GPSes of old this will give your course heading once the tracker is activated and has a good fix more on that in a minute 2 Speed and Altitude Once tracking the speed will first display in meters per second until 3 6m s is reached e g Ikm h then switch to km h Altitude information 1s derived from the GPS 3 Location Displayed are decimal latitude and longitude along with course and distance from start 4 Accuracy and Coordinate Data This is the error in precision as reported by the Location services you will need to set a threshold under Settings for this to be useful Although all packets are saved internally only once the GPS error 1s less than the threshold that you set will packets be sent to the tracker In this example I have the threshold set to 50 meters and the GPS reports a 17m horizontal and 23m vertical accuracy As 17m and 23m are less than 50m the display is green and the data will be sent If the accuracy reported 1s more than the threshold the background will be red and the packets will not be sent
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