Club Arnage

I am thinking of downloading an App for the race to access official timings/classifications whilst track side.  Has anybody tried any of the various offerings before? Any recommendations?

WEC app is ok for live timing but if you are at the circuit you will find that the bandwidth is strangled so it does not work that well. That probably can be said for all apps too unless you can find a good wifi spot.

What wifi is available at the circuit?

Is there any that is free or only through ACO membership?

And if so, what do you get as basic ACO membership?

Aricus

None that I am aware of. Hence why I said if you can find any wifi. Maybe one of the local bars may have something.

Bandwidth very poor at the circuit, just to many people trying to use it, if you can find a hub to use.
4G might work better, but I don't have a lot of experience using it, rely on Radio Le Mans and the big screens.

twitter.com/clubarnage   ;D

If you have ACO membership, there is wifi at their 'enclosures' (although not in the ACO tribunes).  It requires a one off access code and is pretty lousy.
In my opinion, another reason why I dropped my membership.

Does anyone know if the circuit gets decent 4g coverage?

Aricus

Paul or Russell are the people to ask, they use their phones a lot whilst on the circuit.

ACO are continually improving things at the circuit, but in past years I've had trouble getting a 2G signal.

Last year the App never worked for me, it was possibly due to bandwidth issues.
It never updated.
Wifi is virtually non-existent in previous years, and as my Le Man buddy is no longer an ACO member, we don't get into their areas with Wifi anymore.

I am a Three customer, so the Feel at Home service works OK for email and Messaging services, and I use a Thee MiFi as well. Neither of these are good enough to stream video in my experience.

Unless there's a massive improvement in bandwidth then the simple answer is no.

4G was available last year on Weds and Thurs and I guess Fri but I wasn't on site much then.  Saturday & Sunday you can forget it

I'm sure that I saw a local WiFi on Houx last year - did anyone use it?

Aricus

Are you sure it wasn't a Houx.............. I shall get my coat

Did one of the corporate campsites have their own wifi I wonder?

Does anyone know anyone staying at Stalagluft IV on BN?
They might have wifi.  ;)

If I did know anyone camping there then I would not admit it publicly!  ;D

Does anyone know anyone staying at Stalagluft IV on BN?
They might have wifi.  ;)
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If I did know anyone camping there then I would not admit it publicly!  ;D
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 ;D ;D ;D Thanks Landman my thoughts exactly. Ofcourse if you happen to overhear the code let us know  ;D ;D
Phil

Did we decide that we couldn't turn the guide into an app?  Is there a copyright issue?

I bought the Le Mans 24h by Robert Bech from the Apple Store

This has a fraction of the information in the guide, in fact probably about 4 pages worth, but no more.

We could do a lot better with only a little effort.

Thoughts and views?

Aricus

That might depend on what you include.  If, for example, there was information/data lifted from the ACO's website then yes there's a copyright issue.

But if we are simply seeking to digitise our own collective wisdom then I suspect that there's no issue.

Against any possible revenue stream we need to keep an eye on costs, unless we have some clever souls who do this sort of thing for a living?

I have paid for and downloaded the last few year's of The Guide.  My only criticism is that it's a very large document due, I guess, to the fantastic photos that are inserted.

As a result I wonder if there could be a "lite" version of the guide that trims down the size of the PDF to something more manageable?  I'm no techno expert but suspect that if the photos are of a lower resolution or even if they are omitted from the "lite" version then the file will be that much smaller?

Parking the copyright issues fir now.

I've looked into this a bit, well, bought my local wire head a coffee.....

It seems that if we were to create an app that accessed the data in the guide that was held centrally on a server then that is relatively simple using something like Wordpress.

But if we wanted the data and the app together so that the user doesn't incur data roaming charges then that is rather more complicated.

And then there's Apple and Android platforms to consider.

Do we have any CAers that are familiar with app dev?

Aricus