Adding GPS and off-grid maps to my Meshtastic T-Deck

Adding GPS and off-grid maps to my Meshtastic T-Deck

Meshtastic is still a bit touch-and-go sometimes, but the St. Louis area Mesh has grown quite a bit, to the point I can regularly mesh with 10-30 other nodes. So far we can't quite get the entire metro covered wirelessly, but there are a few gaps MQTT is connecting currently.

One thing I hadn't really thought about—but can be useful, especially for visualizing the mesh—is GPS positioning on the mesh node itself.

Just (a lot) of money – 18-20/07, Berlin

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The New Media Class at UDK Berlin will present students' projects and works in progress from this semester. The class was run by Benjamin Maus and Katja Aufleger.

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