• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

SpotterNetwork now supports PDA/SmartPhone position updates

Tyler Allison

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Many of you are familiar with the Franson GpsGate product for splitting your GPS stream to multiple applications. But did you know GpsGate comes in a PDA/Smartphone version as well? Franson has also released a free position reporting service at www.gpsgate.com.

When you combine the two together you have the ability to now send position updates to the SpotterNetwork from your PDA or SmartPhone via the GpsGate.com position reporting system.

You can read more about how it works with the SpotterNetwork here: http://nexrad.allisonhouse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=975

You'll need a PDA or SmartPhone that has a built in GPS or GPS capabilities that can also run GpsGate.

GpsGate currently supports:
* Pocket PC
* Java enabled cellphone
* Nokia S60 3rd Edition cellphone

Of course if you have a full fledged laptop/computer you don't need to use GpsGate.com to send position reports to the SpotterNetwork but that's an option as well if you want.
 
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