http://www.sotawatch.org/reflector.php?topic=4286#
Topic: Error in OK/ZL database
on 9th April 2010 at 13:39 :
“Thanks for that, Joska, this problem has occurred with several Associations and it is being put right but takes time.
73 Brian G8ADD”
As far as I can remember, HA5TI Pista noticed a simiral error in the VP8 summit database in January or February this year, but I did not find it in the database.
They are on it!
It takes time, as the MT members predicted.
How many time?
More time, Alain! :-)))
Patience, patience and patience! “Rome was not built in a day!”
Not sure if this is the correct thread to post this in.
I have created a database and interface that allows you to query a copy of the SOTA database 3 different ways:
Summits within a selectable radius of a U. S. Callsign’s QTH
Summits within a selectable radius of any given Latitude/Longitude
All summits foldered by association and group
The output choices are either KML files or NetLinks. For those who are unaware, NetLinks store a query and retrieve fresh results when needed so your Google Map can be up-to-date.
The push pins include a fairly detailed description including a link to the summits page on sotawatch.
I created the database and interface at the suggestion on another ham. I was unaware of any other work done in this area.
I’m not sure if this is a new feature in Google Earth or just something I have missed, but I recently noticed that using the “Ruler” function to measure between two points, if you save that line, & right click on the entry in your “Places” folder, you have the option of “Show elevation profile”
This could be useful for a quick visualization of the line of sight path between two summits.
Also, if you use the ruler function to plot a path (as opposed to a straight line) this elevation profile feature also works, which could give you a rough idea of what ascent or descent may be involved in activating a particular summit via a certain route.
As an example, here is a quick screen shot of the path I usually take up G/SP-005 Pendle Hill showing the elvation profile.
On 9th December I uploaded a new version of my “summits.kmz” visualisation of all SOTA summits. Unfortunately I have just discovered that at the final stage of building the .kmz file, I inadvertently incorporated an older version of the file, omitting the December changes. The problem was that I forgot to rename the “test” version of the file as the “live” version.
I have now rebuilt the .kmz file incoporating the December changes, and uploaded it again. Apologies for the slip-up.
I have done another update to my Google Earth visualisation of all SOTA summits, to include the new I and IS0 assocations and all other recent changes.
Just a reminder that the file can be downloaded from:
The version on the summitsbase.org site can no longer be updated because the file is now too large and the update fails. Mail to the admin address at that site goes unanswered, so whilst I’d like to maintain another copy there, at the moment I can’t.
The published coordinates of I/LG-013 (Cimonasso) are self-evidently wrong. I have drawn the error to the attention of the association manager and I hope the position will be corrected in due course. Meanwhile, GIGO.
