Aprs.fi user guide
The aprs.fi user guide has moved to aprs.fi and is no longer hosted on wiki.sral.fi.
Old sections
These stub pages shall be removed soon, they have all been moved to aprs.fi itself.
- Common features
- Describes features which are common to many or all of the different views of the site, such as searching using wildcards and table sorting.
- Real-time map
- Describes the main feature of the site, the real-time map.
- Preferences
- Goes through the Preferences dialog, which allows you to customize aprs.fi to your liking.
- Info pages
- Describes the station info and station graph views.
- Static maps
- Introduces the static maps feature.
- KML and Google Earth
- Describes how to view aprs.fi in 3D using Google Earth.
- Web stations
- Updating your position on aprs.fi using a web browser, a mobile phone, or Google Latitude.
- Messages, status messages and the Bulletin Board
- Describes the messages, status messages and bulletin board views.
- Weather
- Describes the weather data visualization features of aprs.fi.
- Telemetry
- Describes telemetry collection and viewing.
- Raw packets and Beacons
- Raw APRS and beacon packet listings.
- Network tools
- Tools for people who run the digipeaters and igates of the APRS network.
- Exporting data
- How to download APRS position data from aprs.fi to your computer.
- Troubleshooting
- If you're having problems using aprs.fi, or if you think you've found a bug, please start reading here.
Discussion group, blog and other points of communication
If you have any questions, answers, ideas, tips or tricks, please share them on the official aprs.fi Google Group. It's available as a web-based forum and as a regular mailing list. Before posting, please read the instructions on the forum's front page, especially the requirement for as many relevant details as possible (including exact callsigns and page links in question). The forum exists strictly for discussing the aprs.fi web service – please use the other relevant forums for discussion about generic APRS issues or tracker configuration problems.
Please read through the Troubleshooting section before posting to the discussion group about any problems. Thank you!
News about the aprs.fi service are posted on the aprs.fi blog, which can also be subscribed over email, or using an RSS reader. Headlines from the blog are shown regularly in the lower right corner of the real-time map.