[Vk5-wx-sonde] Sondehub & Chasemapper Recovery Reporting

[Mark Jessop]

The problem is, this results in *more* burden on the backend database as it
has to do the filtering based on position.
The DB is hosted on AWS, so the more CPU we use the more it costs.

73
Mark

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 3:31 PM Erich Heinzle via Vk5-wx-sonde <
vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:

> Nice work!
>
> I had wondered if the burden on the database backend could be reduced by
> limiting search results geographically, rather than just by serial number;
> i.e. some sort of setting like "only show landed/predicted landing sondes
> within 200km of (lat,long)"
>
> I noticed that the returned glob of data on the habhub tracker was a
> staggering amount sometimes.
>
> Regards,
>
> Erich
> VL5HSE
>
> On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 14:19 Mark Jessop via Vk5-wx-sonde, <
> vk5-wx-sonde at vk5fo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We've just rolled out some new updates to the Sondehub Tracker which
>> allow reporting the recovery of a radiosonde. You can find this under the
>> chase-car settings pane. You will likely need to Shift-Refresh or clear
>> your browser cache for this to work correctly.
>>
>> Sondes marked as recovered will appear on the tracker for ~3 days, as a
>> grey payload icon. Clicking on the icon will bring up information about the
>> recovery.
>>
>> I've also updated Chasemapper (v1.3.0) to make use of the new recovery
>> system if sondehub is used as the online tracker system:
>> https://github.com/projecthorus/chasemapper/blob/master/horusmapper.cfg.example#L40
>> Within chasemapper, tapping/clicking on the sonde serial number in the
>> telemetry table will bring up a dialog allowing you to mark the payload as
>> recovered.
>>
>> This is very much beta, so please test it and let us know if you find any
>> issues! We're also hoping to build up a more informative page showing
>> recent radiosonde recoveries.
>>
>> 73
>> Mark VK5QI
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