On Mar 19, 2:39 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:01:49 -0700 (PDT), "

wrote:
This site (http://www.shiptrak.org/) is updated strictly by text e-
mails or voice reports and is very useful.

Are you aware that it can also be updated via SSB radio with Winlink
and Airmail position reports?

Very. That's what I meant by e-mail. I did a lot of batch updates
via sailmail when I ran a rump session of the seafarer's net from
Fanning for a few months. You just need to shoot a properly formed
message to pangolin. Winlink has a form you can fill out or you can
automate it but do confirm that the address is correct. If all goes
well the pangolin server just parses the text and puts it into the
database. Still, it's pretty primitive and pangolin does it mostly
for the wx reports. A more socially oriented version might be a nice
way to let people know where you are and a bit of what's up without
prompting a pile of e-mails that inevitably come in when you really
want to get a grib.

-- Tom.