Comment:	openSPOT4
Location:	51°16.42' N 6°50.02' E - locator JO31KG05AQ - show map 2.8 km Southwest bearing 203° from Ratingen, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany [?] 11.2 km Southwest bearing 238° from Heiligenhaus, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 23.3 km Southwest bearing 213° from Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 38.7 km North bearing 348° from Köln (Koeln), Regierungsbezirk Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Last position:	2025-11-02 14:52:22 UTC (5d 5h38m ago) 2025-11-02 15:52:22 CET local time at Ratingen, Germany [?]
Altitude:	45 m
Device:	SharkRF: openSPOT4 (gadget)
Last path:	DL2MOS>APOSB4 via TCPIP*,qAC,T2TAS
Positions stored:	2

This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.