Blackout Comms Location & Tracking
Location Sharing
Always encrypted, enabled by default (you can disable)
Private Cluster: Devices regularly share location and movement information (unless disabled).
Unless you enable location publishing, location data is only visible to other on-cluster devices, it is not public.
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Open Channels: you can decide whether to include location in any broadcast you send. Anyone nearby with the channel encryption settings may receive your position.
Location Publishing
Disabled by default
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Maps cluster locations online
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Anyone can view a live (or delayed) map of your device positions
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This data is public via chatters.io website
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Useful for mapping your cluster's coverage area
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Since this data is public, you may not want to leave it enabled
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You can delete your data any time
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Individual device can remain hidden by disabling location sharing
Viewing Locations On a Communicator
On a touchscreen Blackout Comms communicator, you can touch any green or yellow GPS icon to view location.
On a pager, access location from the home screen or from the contacts screen.
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This is secure
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No internet required
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Default location view
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Completely private & encrypted location sharing, within the cluster
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Devices can “hide” by disabling location sharing
Tracking Mode
Location is typically broadcast every 2 minutes. Tracking mode causes a device to broadcast location much more frequently (2-3 times/minute), enabling a more live view of a device’s location. Tracking mode is disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled per-device.
Enable tracking mode via settings or by sending the Enable Tracking command to a node.
Enabling tracking mode on several devices can impact cluster performance.
Location Publishing - Experimental & Not Private!
This feature is intended for experimental use only and is disabled by default. You must explicitly enable it to use it.
With location publishing enabled and working properly, your cluster’s location data will be published to an Altware-hosted service. You and anyone else can then view cluster-wide location data on a browser, from anywhere.
While enabled, your cluster location information is public! You can disable this any time (via settings) and delete your data from our service (delete button).
More details coming soon...
