[Xastir-Dev] giving objects a locally-defined tactical callsign

[Henk de Groot]

Hello Alan,

At 22:30 10-6-03 -0400, Alan Crosswell wrote:
>I can't speak for SAR but I can speak as an  NCS for public service and 
>emergency nets where I have a fair amount of experience and this is what 
>-- for my style of operating -- works for me.

Okay, that's fair. I have NULL experience with either SAR or NCS, I just 
tried to replicate the outcome of a discussion on de APRS SIG (in the 
Netherlands HAMs do not have a task in public service). Maybe that 
discussion should be brought up again with the right experienced people 
attending this time.

Maybe we should invent a new APRS "alias" object that tells all clients 
about alternative names. Then then somebody sees N2YGK-9 and knows this is 
Truck 3 he can post such an alias object and everybody receiving the alias 
will have the same info. It is like an object, but bound to an already 
existing station and traveling with it. The alias object saves all the 
others the trouble of doing it manualy (and make mistakes...), if the 
original sender made a mistake than surely somebody will notice it and 
correct it.

Of course this is out of scope for the Xastir-Dev group, unless we want to 
force this with a propriatry implementation first... (guess not...). Of 
course making is possible to manualy enter an alternative name is the most 
simple and quick solution.

Kind regards,

Henk.