Datastorm user group tracks RV-ers locations with MapPoint

Friday 21 July 2006 by Edward.

HughesNet provides RV-ers (Recreational Vehicle) an automatic pointing mount and dish, and communication service called Datastorm. Datastorm is a mobile high speed satellite internet service. Datastorm users have set up their own users group to share travel experiences, help members with problems or questions, and also post locations to an interactive map.

The map, displayed with Microsoft’s MapPoint, shows users their GPS position, displaying the Dish ID, User Name, brief messages, and time of the the last update. Users can link to email addresses.

Roger A. Brooks‘ Rule 6 “The Rule of Wayfinding” reads ‘Real men don’t ask directions.’ They probably use MapPoint and Datastorm.