wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: Playing around with GPS-coordinates...
Ken Stuart 2004-Sep-28 03:46:00
At 07:25 PM 9/27/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>As geographers I assure you both Don and I are very interested in
>this idea. In fact when I'm not trying to make money shooting
>panoramas, I'm trying to make money making maps.
>
>Unfortunately right now Don and I have our hands full with the rest
>of this stuff and I can't take the time to begin a new aspect. I'd
>love to see what you come up with.
>
>For the next event we can specify that lat/long coordinates must be
>included (as long as some of you are willing to help those more
>geographically challenged). And we can even specify an exact format
>to use.
Sounds good for next time. I'd suggest that you make six separate fields in
your upload form to hold degrees, minutes, and seconds for lat. and long.
entries. That would mean a lot less human or machine parsing, and the
fields can be set to accept only known acceptable ranges (0-359, 0-59,
0-59), to cut down on errors.
-Ken
>I like this idea a lot.
>
>If you and/or someone else wants to work on this retroactively (ie
>going back through previous WWP events) and put something together,
>we'll figure out a way to link everything up.
>
>I believe that I've seen some free, customizable map servers some
>where out there. I'll try to dig up a link or two sometime soon.
>
>Just keep in mind that for now, this will be an add on to the project
>and may not be included right away.
>
>Sound like a plan?
>
>-Landis