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Feature request - View SOTAs

Mads <la1tpa.qrp@...>
 

Is it possible to add a function that will load the positions of SOTAs (Summits On The Air)? The complete list of qualifying summits is available as a google kmz file. This function could be exactly the same as the one for loading geocaches except the format of the file.

This would be a very handy tool for SOTA chasers as you could watch how far the SOTA activator is from the summit if he/she carries an APRS tracker.

73! Mads, la1tpa
Lynn Deffenbaugh
 

Is this information file available for on-demand query similar to how View / EchoLinks works? Even better, is there a URL or SOAP query I can do and provide a coordindate and range to get the SOTA targets in that circle? I looked at the SOTA database stuff and it doesn't look imminently queriable and there seems to be LOTS of SOTAs world-wide. Not to mention the valid date ranges that showed up in the .CSV download.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

PS. Words that programmers love to hate "exactly the same"..."except"... As in, "driving a car is exactly the same as driving a Mac Truck except the truck is a little bit heavier". Or "Flying a 747 is exactly the same as flying a Cessna except you can't see the ground after you land".

On 6/30/2011 4:55 PM, Mads wrote:
Is it possible to add a function that will load the positions of SOTAs (Summits On The Air)? The complete list of qualifying summits is available as a google kmz file. This function could be exactly the same as the one for loading geocaches except the format of the file.

This would be a very handy tool for SOTA chasers as you could watch how far the SOTA activator is from the summit if he/she carries an APRS tracker.

73! Mads, la1tpa



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Mads <la1tpa.qrp@...>
 

Thanks for your reply Lynn!

The file can be downloaded from

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Summits/files/Maps/summits.kmz

73! Mads, la1tpa

--- In aprsisce@..., "Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr)" <kj4erj@...> wrote:

Is this information file available for on-demand query similar to how
View / EchoLinks works? Even better, is there a URL or SOAP query I can
do and provide a coordindate and range to get the SOTA targets in that
circle? I looked at the SOTA database stuff and it doesn't look
imminently queriable and there seems to be LOTS of SOTAs world-wide.
Not to mention the valid date ranges that showed up in the .CSV download.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

PS. Words that programmers love to hate "exactly the
same"..."except"... As in, "driving a car is exactly the same as
driving a Mac Truck except the truck is a little bit heavier". Or
"Flying a 747 is exactly the same as flying a Cessna except you can't
see the ground after you land".
Lynn Deffenbaugh
 

Nope.  The file needs to be generally available, not hidden behind a logon-required UR.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

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On 7/1/2011 4:51 PM, Mads wrote: 

Thanks for your reply Lynn!

The file can be downloaded from 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Summits/files/Maps/summits.kmz

73! Mads, la1tpa

--- In aprsisce@..., "Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr)"  wrote:

Is this information file available for on-demand query similar to how 
View / EchoLinks works?  Even better, is there a URL or SOAP query I can 
do and provide a coordindate and range to get the SOTA targets in that 
circle?  I looked at the SOTA database stuff and it doesn't look 
imminently queriable and there seems to be LOTS of SOTAs world-wide.  
Not to mention the valid date ranges that showed up in the .CSV download.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

PS.  Words that programmers love to hate "exactly the 
same"..."except"...  As in, "driving a car is exactly the same as 
driving a Mac Truck except the truck is a little bit heavier".  Or 
"Flying a 747 is exactly the same as flying a Cessna except you can't 
see the ground after you land".






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Mads <la1tpa.qrp@...>
 

Lynn,

I'm not sure I managed to describe the feature I was looking for properly, probably due to language difficulties. I missed an option that would let me view sota .kmz files located on my own hard drive, exactly like the View - Geocaches option ;D

But, forget all about it. I'll find another way.

73! Mads, la1tpa

--- In aprsisce@..., "Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr)" <kj4erj@...> wrote:

Nope. The file needs to be generally available, not hidden behind a
logon-required UR.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32


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On 7/1/2011 4:51 PM, Mads wrote:
Thanks for your reply Lynn!

The file can be downloaded from

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Summits/files/Maps/summits.kmz

73! Mads, la1tpa

--- In aprsisce@..., "Lynn W Deffenbaugh (Mr)"<kj4erj@> wrote:
Is this information file available for on-demand query similar to how
View / EchoLinks works? Even better, is there a URL or SOAP query I can
do and provide a coordindate and range to get the SOTA targets in that
circle? I looked at the SOTA database stuff and it doesn't look
imminently queriable and there seems to be LOTS of SOTAs world-wide.
Not to mention the valid date ranges that showed up in the .CSV download.

Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32

PS. Words that programmers love to hate "exactly the
same"..."except"... As in, "driving a car is exactly the same as
driving a Mac Truck except the truck is a little bit heavier". Or
"Flying a 747 is exactly the same as flying a Cessna except you can't
see the ground after you land".



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James Ewen
 

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Mads <la1tpa.qrp@...> wrote:

I'm not sure I managed to describe the feature I was looking for
properly, probably due to language difficulties. I missed an option
that would let me view sota .kmz files located on my own hard drive,
exactly like the View - Geocaches option ;D

But, forget all about it. I'll find another way.
Convert the KML file into a UI-View style Overlay POS file and you
should have it.

Here's a copy of a previously posted sample of overlay entries.

* ironman route
Aid-4!3031.48N/09543.77WATX Ironman Aid Station 4
Aid-5!3032.56N/09550.19WATX Ironman Aid Station 5
Aid-6!3030.00N/09553.45WATX Ironman Aid Station 6
Aid-7!3027.00N/09548.20WATX Ironman Aid Station 7

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