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OttoNP
05-21-2009, 12:28 AM
If you have a Blackberry, you may want to check out this Blackberry Kiter application. It allows you to log all your kite sessions and even better then that it gives you forecast data for all the spots you like to kite at. It also has another screen for NOAA weather stations to put that data all on one screen. You can email your sessions/locations to anyone you want as a way to share the stoke.

http://www.corocks.com/kiterlog/

ricki
05-22-2009, 10:29 PM
I've just started playing with this application, it is pretty neat. Never been that fastidious about logging sessions. Yet, think of all the time you spend at traffic lights, in line, waiting for ... well, you name it. You can enter particulars of a session in seconds and be able to look back on it anytime you feel like it. You can even send it to others. Add the nice real time wind report, all on one screen and you're all set start working on the next session. Thanks Nick, nice ap for the phone and kiters!

greg meintjes
05-23-2009, 07:12 AM
Does anyone know if the i phone has one

Clew In
05-23-2009, 07:53 AM
Hey,

Just be certain your company is not keeping tabs on your email with those links. That thing would get me in trouble for leaving early and skipping days to kiteboard. On the other hand if they check the wind report and production reports there is probably a direct correlation.

Clew In

conchxpress
05-24-2009, 05:42 PM
Does anyone know if the i phone has one

I looked for the app in itunes and in the app function on the phone and couldn't find it. I emailed the producer to find out if it was in the works.


Frank

OttoNP
05-24-2009, 09:27 PM
I should have said it in my first post, but I'm the writer of Kiter Log, it started as something I just wanted for me and some other local kiters saw it on my phone and really wanted it too. I'm working on it for iphone, but Apple aka, skynet, does make it as easy as you would think to create applications...

Let me know if you guys have any improvement ideas, I plan for pretty much free updrades for life, unless I add something pretty ridiculous...

OttoNP
06-02-2009, 10:15 PM
I adding some new things, now shows more of the details of your session, % chance of rain for your lat and long, and you select if it is noaa buoy or other weather station, which has made it much more accurate...let me know if you guys have an ideas

To update the program just download it again from http://www.corocks.com/kiterlog/ on your blackberry. Before doing that make sure your wind speeds, wind gusts, and temperatures for your sessions are only two digits and wind direction is only 3 digits or less, like WSW or N... In this version i limited the lengths and pick the key layout for faster entry based on some user comments...if you put in key you won't have to do it again...

Thanks!

Jur
06-06-2009, 02:37 PM
Tried to download it on a Curve 8900 and it tells me that i'm accessing forbidden pages! HELP!

OttoNP
06-07-2009, 07:30 PM
Yes, I was adding some more updates... it should work now. I also lowered the price to $10 - and paypal was trying to add shipping, which was also a mistake, everyone that paid more than that will be refunded.

New improvements: faster download, station and buoy IDs for current conditions. When you have any weather item highlighted, just select "Session This" from menu choices and it will make a session with all that weather data.

Enjoy!

OttoNP
06-08-2009, 10:29 AM
I listing some Buoy IDs in your area for those that are trying the program, put them in on the observation screen by selecting new on the menu, then a name (shorter is better), then the station ID below and select Buoy ID, then save:

Florida - South East
AKF1 - Virginia Key, FL
FWYF1 - Fowey Rocks, FL
MLRF1 - Molasses Reef, FL
NFBF1 - NFB - Northwest Florida Bay, FL

Florida Keys
Buoy ID LONF1 - Long Key, FL
Buoy ID VCAF1 - 8723970 - Vaca Key, FL
Buoy ID SMKF1 - Sombrero Key, FL
Buoy ID SANF1 - Sand Key, FL

Florida NorthWest (Including Tampa)
Buoy ID CDRF1 - Cedar Key, FL
Buoy ID HSSF1 - HOM - Homosassa, FL
Buoy ID CWBF1 - 8726724 - Clearwater Beach
Buoy ID EGKF1 - EGK - Egmont Key, FL
Buoy ID ANMF1 - ANM - Anna Maria, FL
Buoy ID CCUF1 - 8726413 - C-Cut, St. Petersburg, FL

Florida - North East
Buoy ID 41012 - St. Augustine, FL 40NM ENE of St Augustine, FL
Buoy ID SAUF1 - St. Augustine, FL
Buoy ID 41009 - CANAVERAL 20 NM East of Cape Canaveral, FL

New York
Buoy ID 44017 - 23 Nautical Miles Southwest of Montauk Point, NY
Buoy ID 44025 - LONG ISLAND 33 NM South of Islip, NY
Buoy ID 44065 - Entrance to New York Harbor
Buoy ID SDHN4 - 8531680 - Sandy Hook, NJ

OttoNP
06-08-2009, 08:16 PM
Man, I just realized that stupid paypal was trying to add shipping onto the program. I wonder how many people hit that page and got pissed I was trying to tack on shipping for the program and didn't buy it--stupid paypal!

Did that happen to anyone? All shipping refunded too...

OttoNP
03-12-2010, 11:16 AM
I'm working on the next version of this and would appreciate any feedback on it. I made the first one too customizable I think because it comes with no kite locations and you have to add them. For the next version I plan to have a region selection with all the kite spots preloaded - US only. That way if you travel you just pick your region and you have wind conditions and forecast at your fingertips...

Let me know...