[Xastir] Firenet data

[Fred Hillhouse]

There is more data available than what can be seen on a typically connected
APRS client. I am not sure sure how Firenet was derived but I think of it as
a firehose as opposed to a garden hose.

The data is varied. From one user, lightning strike data is available. This
data with the WX data is really cool!
Another dataset is water gages. They tend to fill the screen with a sea of
blue. Pun sort of intended. ;)

Give it a try. Connect to: firenet.aprs2.net, port 14580.
Refer to http://www.aprs-is.net/javAPRSFilter.aspx for setting up filters.

Best regards,
Fred N7fMH


-----Original Message-----
From: Xastir [mailto:xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org] On Behalf Of Joseph M.
Durnal
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2018 10:04 AM
To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Firenet data

Can you explain a little more about what firenet data is and why you might
want to see it in an APRS client?

On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 3:17 PM, Tom Henderson <Tom at henderson4.us> wrote:

> Holy smokes! I set up an second Internet interface so I could receive
> firenet data, and boy did I!
>
> Some of the data is easy to figure out, such as lightning strikes.
>
> Other things, not so much. Weird squiggly tracks, yellow and red squares,
> thunderclouds.
>
> Is there a decent resource out there somewhere that explains what they
are?
>
>
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> Tom Henderson
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