Members

There has never been a more easier way to keep in touch with your fellow Air-Stream members both over the wireless network and the Internet. Members can share information, ask questions and keep up to date with the latest developments, all you need do is to participate, with record membership there is no reason why this shouldn't be a great resource.

Read on to find out how...

For those interested in social networking there is an unofficial group on Facebook at:

http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5573651236&ref=mf

Air-Stream Wireless is pleased to announce the new “members card”. Exclusive to Air-Stream the new card offers more than just recognition of your membership. It will also include access to new discounts, new places to shop for electronics and tools and access to new events planed this year, saving you more than the cost of membership!

Membership is still only $50 per year and every cent goes towards building the network. Please contact the Committee for more details.

Chris Cichon (DrGeforce3)
Daniel Moscon (shadey)
Duncan McKenzie (Duncanj)
Jeremy Lawson, (remyzero)
Kim Hawtin (adhoc)
Paul Ridley, (Rids)
Troy Vodopivec, (hat)
Geoffrey Woodberry, (blue18)
Paul Parry, (pazza)

Discount Type: Trade Cash Account


Hills Antenna & TV Systems is the leading supplier in Australia and New Zealand of a wide range of Microwave Antennas designed for Wireless LAN for the enthusiast and professional alike. These very reliable and well priced antennas have been used extensively over years with great success by members of Air-stream Wireless and other community wireless groups around Australia proving their worth time and time again.

All Members by signing a Membership form have read and agreed to the following Code of Conduct.

Some months ago I purchased a GPS mouse from the map shop. The device is a; G-Mouse GPS, Model GGM309. Its USB, has a 1.5m cable and has a magnetic base. Cost me about $140. You can get them a little cheaper on ebay, but I couldn't wait ;)

So, I've been driving around, with the laptop and gps in the car, mapping out various roads on my commutes and side trips =). Many of those trails have been uploaded to the Open Street Map site. I also joined the Australian OSM talk mail list. It has been very useful as there are a bunch of local folks that have offered lots of advice on specific problems that I experiencing. The main one was the tools was the gpsdrive to gpx conversion tool. With this new gpsdrive2gpx.pl tool, I can convert the gps trails easily. Lots more fun to be had =)

So the setup is pretty simple, the gps plugs into the USB on the laptop, GPSd talks directly to the gps and all the clients connect to GPSd. I fire up gpsdrive, wait for the gps data to sync as the satellites coverage to settle. From there I drive to my destination and save the gps trail. When I land on a network, I convert the file to .gpx format and then upload to OpenStreetMap. Wait for the .gpx filed to be verfied then fire up the online editor and trace out the gps trail and name the streets and roads. Some time later the streets are rendered and shown on the public map.Easy.

Results fort he election of the 2007-8 Air-Stream Committee.

The members of the 2007-8 Committee are:

Troy Vodopivec (hat)
Robert Hart (robert)
Paul Ridley (Rids)
Chris Cichon (drgeforce3)
Daniel Moscon (shadey)
Duncan McKenzie (duncanj)
Kim Hawton (adhoc)
Dior Freeman (didz) - New committee member, replacing Jaqui.

Thank you to the other people who where nominated

Shawn Zeppel; and
Jaqui Deering

Our special thanks go to Jaqui Deering who has been a very important and valued member over the last few years.