Hello Riley
On Fri, 28 May 1999, Riley Williams wrote:
> Probably a better alternative would be to have a database file with
> the latitude/longitude of major cities worldwide, similar to the one
> supplied with SatTrack, and to plot those on the map.
... err, what do you think the file locfile is all about ?
I have added the dots based on the data in that file (now pruned) and it
looks OK.
> If it helps, I can offer the following coordinates, courtesy of my GPS
> receiver, and rounded to the nearest minute in each case:
>
> Q> Aberdeen, Scotland 57 Deg 10' North, 2 Deg 6' West
> Q> Chorley, England 53 Deg 40' North, 2 Deg 38' West
I added Aberdeen, but is Chorley a major population centre ? I think not.
True, the file does include Cromford, but that is my perogative since I
wrote the program :-) It also includes my current home (Zurich) so I'm
happy.
The data I am looking for is the CIA base data for maps. Can anyone
provide me with some pointers to it ?
BTW mtrack-0.2d with the black map fix is now available for testing.
Usual place.
Jonathan HB9/G4KLX
