Tim posted this on TowerTalk. It's very well done. Thought you all might be interested.
A New Concept in Ham Maps People might be interested to see a new type of Ham Map, now available for free on my website. It will be of use to all amateurs, whether HF or VHF based. The problem with ordinary web-based maps is that there is either too little or too much information on the screen. I have just completed a map of Europe, the first in a series of Overlay Maps, where YOU get to choose the amount of information you have on display. The following overlays are available: Country Outlines, CQ Zones, ITU Zones, Time Zones, Grid Locators, Country Names, Capital Cities, Prefixes, Flags. You can chose which overlays are on display, the order they are displayed in, and which one is on the top. The map can be saved in the normal manner (File>Save As) for viewing off-line, and it can be printed out with what ever overlays are active. As the page is graphics-intensive (220kB) it takes approximately 30 seconds to load with a 56kB modem, or 1 minute with a 28.2Kb modem. A pre-loader page is provided as an entry point. The address is http://www.qsl.net/ei8ic/grids/euro/preload.html Or it can be accessed through the normal menu on my website. IMPORTANT: THE MAP REQUIRES JAVASCRIPT TO BE ENABLED ON YOUR BROWSER. IF YOU HAVE JAVASCRIPT TURNED OFF, IT WON'T WORK. I welcome any comments or suggestions for other maps. 73s Tim EI8Ic www.qsl.net/ei8ic/ HF and Budget Contesting Information Site. More maps in this series will be added as time and resources allow. It takes me about a week to make the map and its overlays. If you would like to sponsor a map in this series, order a similar map of a particular area, or need any other graphics processing or web-design ($80/page), please contact me. Jack Hartley K4WSB ARRL - QCWA - OOTC http://www.ultimatehat.com 10% discount to fellow Hams Put your call on the order Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
