[LakelandARC] Google Earth pushpins of fellow hams

[Bill]

Mike,

The mapping site you identified was interesting. My guess is there are many of similar sites lurking on the web. For sure, mashups have great potential. I believe I mentioned mapping the local repeaters. That information might be of interest to hams in the area. I've been told their locations are secret, but I rather suspect they are a matter of public record, somewhere. 

I made a change to the blog. I've been able to get the map to load more reliably, provided of course I wait for everything else to load before clicking on club members. Like most erratic problems, you are never quite sure. I would like to know if this works for you. The fix, if it is one, is not very elegant. :-) Let me know. 

Also, Bill KJ4IAI suggested that clicking on More on a specific call sigh, bring you directly to QRZ without cutting and pasting the call letters. This is doable, with a little more work. I set Ernie's to go to his QRZ location automatically, and mine to my personal web page automatically. It works. Now it is just a matter of grunt work. Displaying first name along with call might also be nice. 

Bill


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kt2t_radio 
  To: LakelandARC at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:15 AM
  Subject: [LakelandARC] Google Earth pushpins of fellow hams


    
  This is pretty cool...

  http://www.qslnet.de/member/hb9tlk/hamweb.html

  You can load your call, latitude, and longitude into the database and then add the database as a network link within Google Earth on your PC. So far, I am the only one in US/FL/Lakeland and that's a lonely pushpin!

  73,
  Mike



  


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