Airbana Blog

The Airbana Shortcode service is now live (was supposed to be part of the V4 launch earlier in the month)

In the event that you don’t have Airbana’s TomTom POI file installed (updates every 30 mins) and your phone doesn’t have internet browsing ( Airbana’s Mobile Airsoft Map ) but you need to get a sites details e.g. the Postcode, GPS co-ordinates or phone number then you can send a text!

Simply send a text to 83010 with the text AIRBANA SiteName or if you roughly know the postcode within 20 miles of the site the text AIRBANA PostCode and Airbana will try and match your query to a site (or sites – as many as it can fit in 1 text) in the Database and send it back.

For example:
AIRBANA RG20HP
AIRBANA Ambush

Please be aware that this service does cost money to use – 25p + one Standard Network Rate Text (This money goes straight to the Shortcode provider not to me!)

If your phone has internet capability it may be cheaper to use http://mobile.airbana.co.uk which has the same information available.

I’m excited to announce the largest launch of Airbana content to date!

Airbana Version 4

• Embeddable YouTube video’s for sites and retailers
• Dynamic / On Demand Weather forecasts for sites
• The Airbana Twitter bot (http://twitter.com/Airbana )
• Edit History – See whats been changed recently
• Per Site Date Listing – Simply find your site and click to get a list of Skirmish dates!
• ‘Custom View’ Links – zoom / pan to an area on the Airbana map and get a custom link for that view
• Regularly updated ‘Static Image’ of all Site locations
• Auto generated TomTom Point of Interest files updated every 30 minutes [ http://static.airbana.co.uk/TomTom/Airbana.rar ]
• Airbana.com – A US version of Airbana
• Airbana.eu – A European version of Airbana
• Language support – Due to the launch of Airbana EU parts of the site have been translated to make it easier to use.
• ReCaptcha support – Airbana now uses ReCaptcha so not only will you be updating Airbana but helping to translate old books too!
• Facebook Application – Find a list of upcoming Airsoft events and flag which ones you’ll be attending [ http://apps.facebook.com/airbanaskirmishes/ ]
• Mobile Accessible Version – http://mobile.airbana.co.uk is a mobile version of Airbana optimised for phones
• API V4 – Allows greater access to the Airbana database including write access
• Mini Map Addition Fixed – Being able to add a new site using the little mini map now works on more browsers!
• Send a text to get info – simply send an SMS to 83010 followed by the word Airbana and a site name to get the details sent back to your phone! (Costs 25p + Standard Network charge) [Sending a text from the website is still free!]
• Plus loads of other improvements and new features!

Coming Soon:

Airbana RFID Player Tracker Project:
Players wear small RFID tags which broadcast a unique code every 2.5 seconds allowing Marshalls to ’see’ where Players are (with HSDPA option) and get statistical data for the days Skirmishing at the end of the day! (Great for ‘King of the Hill type games or MilSims involving ‘holding’ a position for as long as possible.) Check out the intro video on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjkmpgHOH08 – This is still in its development phase but live trials are due to start in the Summer.

Airbana & National Airsoft Girls Calendar
In the next few months Airbana will be publishing an online version of the NAG calendar with dates pulled live from the database featuring High Def pictures of the girls from NAG.