* Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU <Leigh at WA5ZNU.org> [2009 Oct 31 13:15 -0500]: > Nate, > Do you think you could get WM7D to host a short Perl, PHP, or Python > script accessible over HTTP (not necessarily port 80)?
I don't know him personally or even well. I did request permission some years ago to reuse some of the call data HTML on my personal Web pages for new and upgraded licensees from our local VE team. Beyond that I just know about his site and like to use it in lieu of QRZ for various reasons. > I'd even be willing to write the script. I'm boggled a bit about why > it's still available only using telnet. Easy protocol supported on just about every OS? > The WM7D data seems to be better than just the ULS data having > email, website, and grid square. > Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have (at least in my tests) any > non-US calls. No question that Fred has built QRZ into a world wide brand and has amassed perhaps the most comprehensive callsign data base in the world. > For just the ULS data I'd say it'd be easier to write a Google App > Engine app that periodically downloads the FCC updates and serves up > the requests. Geocoding would be useful; there's a Yahoo rest API > for it but I believe it's limited to 1000 queries per day for the > free license key. Interesting and stuff I know little about. Again I just noticed the telnet capability on the WM7D site and thought the group would find it interesting. 73, de Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio, Linux, bikes, and more: http://n0nb.us/index.html
