Re: multiple vehicles tracking each other


"Eric Anderson" <eganders@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Is there a product that uses GPS and wireless (say, Wi-Fi) to allow
> several vehicles to track each other on a screen so they can see
> themselves and a couple of other vehicles with the same equipment?

Amateur radio uses a system called APRS which does this:

http://www.cave.org/aprs/

It should be possible to adapt this to other radio services, such as FRS and
GMRS.
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