[atlas] Probe on sailboat with Starlink

I think that both availability and location are equality important because many folks make region/country/city specific measurements so they are really interested where probe is located. AFAIK Atlas doesn’t provide API to easily change location of the probe so it must be changed manually via Atlas API which will be super cumbersome for the host. It’s also interesting what country will be assigned to the probe if you select location on international waters. Mhh…

Regards,
Grzegorz

From: Simon Brandt via ripe-atlas <ripe-atlas at ripe.net>
Reply to: "ripe.net at toppas.net" <ripe.net at toppas.net>
Date: Tuesday 2022-06-28 at 22:40
To: "ripe-atlas at ripe.net" <ripe-atlas at ripe.net>
Subject: Re: [atlas] Probe on sailboat with Starlink

It doesn't matter if the probe is located on a sailboat or somewhere else. It also doesn't matter if the probe is "moving" or at a fixed location. Most important is availability and reliability. Please don't deploy a probe only for some weeks. It should be up and running in the long-term.

BR,
Simon


On 28.06.22 19:46, Stephen Strowes wrote:
Hi,

On 6/28/22 17:29, Michael Markstaller via ripe-atlas wrote:

the question was if I take the probe with me or leave it unused at home.

I think you should do it!

No harm in collecting data from a probe in motion. I have no idea how starlink decides what ground station to bounce your service down onto, it might be interesting to see how it works the further you get from home.

Consider tagging the probe somehow so that it can be found easily, or so that it's obvious why it's an outlier when somebody finds it in their analysis. I think some other probes have a starlink tag on them, but yours might be the only starlink on a boat.


S.





Am 24.06.22 um 07:27 schrieb Hank Nussbacher:

On 24/06/2022 03:21, Phillip Remaker wrote:

There are a number of satellite providers for boats/ships: viasat, inmarsat, speedcast, marlink, navarino, kvh, thrane, iridium, hughes and probably others I am missing.  I seem to remember that Maxmind and others used some sort of ad-hoc country code like XX to signify an IP associated with an area not covered by a country.

-Hank


I don;t know who gets to decide such a thing, but I think it's a great idea as long as it is appropriately tagged. Diversity of deployed probes is helpful.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 10:16 AM Michael Markstaller via ripe-atlas <ripe-atlas at ripe.net<mailto:ripe-atlas at ripe.net> <mailto:ripe-atlas at ripe.net><mailto:ripe-atlas at ripe.net>> wrote:

    Hi,

    just a question:
    any interest to have a probe on a sailboat with Starlink (not
    officially
    supported)

    Just got my probe Probe #27837 fixed again at home (usb-stick RO/dead)
    and now I wonder if I leave it at home or take it with me over
    Adriatic/Atlantic.





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