TOWL - Telemetry over Opportunistic WiFi Links

[kcbudd]

Blog post with more details forthcoming, but in the mean time:

I used a Digistump Oak and quadcopter GPS module to build a goofy little thing to report GPS coordinates opportunistically over open / captive-portal WiFi hotspots using DNS recursion.

code: https://github.com/phreakmonkey/towl

here's an example of the data output from my car on the way to work, plotted on OpenStreetMap:


Think of it as:  $25 LoJack with no monthly subscription. 

[emardee]

Looks very interesting. Will be fun looking at this in due course to work out out it works!

Thanks for posting.

[driffster]

Was wondering what to do with my GPS module.. This looks like a fun project.