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APRS
Automatic Position Reporting System
GPS To obtain position
Packet Radio to report position
- Amateur Radio AX.25 protocol
Software to map location
(Weather station
to report weather)
Notes:
APRS, the Automatic Packet Reporting System, uses GPS to obtain the position of a station, packet radio to transmit and receive the position of the station, and software to draw the location of the station on a map. APRS can handle other sorts of information as well, such as weather stations reporting the weather at their location,