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Forget the Meshtastic App Flaresat Does It Better (adrelien.com)

submitted 2 days ago by adrelien@lemmy.radio to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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Stop fighting with ATAK plugins. Flaresat is the missing map layer for Meshtastic. Get real-time tracking, shared pins, and live routes over LoRa mesh, setup takes 2 minutes. No sideloading, no servers, just instant off-grid coordination on iOS & Android. The game has changed.

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[–] drkt@scribe.disroot.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's very cool but you need to implement an OpenStreetMap layer because Google Maps is useless, here.

I feel like the usefulness is severely hampered by requiring an account, also. I can't just ask my buddy to install this app and lets go. He has to go through a whole process involving email, and that's something we need to sort out before we leave home. It's already a hard sell to make people carry an extra device.

[–] adrelien@lemmy.radio 3 points 2 days ago

100% Next update I need to address the map, just using apple and google map was easy way to get the app out there, as for sign up, I am trying to move the off grid feature away from auth. But also at some point you might want to sign up for the upcoming relay feature and sync back up etc ONLY if you opt in.