Why Lauma exists
Mobile networks have got worse in the countryside, radio trackers run out of range, and the commercial options have got expensive. The pieces of something better already existed. They just had to be put together.
I think most hunters, at least in Finland, will recognise the pain I went through last year when I was thinking about how to track my dog.
Mobile networks in rural areas have got worse in recent years, and trackers built on them are questionable in exactly those places. Radio-based trackers always run out of range the moment the dog decides to go a bit further. And the commercial options have consolidated heavily, with prices going up significantly.
I still bought one. And it was a disappointment. As a software professional, the quality and ease of use of the mobile app were nowhere near what you should expect from something that expensive.
Some background
I am a hacker by nature, and nature is my second home. On top of that I have a burning passion for product development.
Over the years I have built several radio-related projects, so radios and trackers were nothing new to me. I know what LoRa, the radio technology behind all of this, can do, and how mesh networks work.
The pieces already existed
I concluded last year that everything needed already exists. It just had to be built.
And built in a way that would not make it a project only for my own hunting trips, but something other people can pick up and use. That became Lauma.
