There was a bug on the MetBull database site that reported longitudes
between 0 and 1 degree west as "negative east" longitudes. Wold
Cottage was one. It is fixed. Good catch.
Also, I modified the little google maps applet in the database to
allow you to use USGS topo maps and aerial photos as the map
base. Look up the detailed information for a specific meteorite and
click on View Google Map to see this. (Only applicable in the US,
where these base maps are available.)
jeff
At 06:04 PM 1/10/2008, mexicodoug wrote:
Hi Mark, Marco, and others who enjoyed the Parker Bros. Napoleonic
"Risk" game as kids*,
Been playing around with this "DIY Map" software (macromedia based)
since Mark first posted. I think I like the Meteorite bulletin -
USGS Google Earth interface better, and would encourage you to check
into the features of Google Earth allowing you to do 'kewl' stuff.
But this DIY Map would do the trick for putting your collection
on-line impressively, or taking the results in screen capture
stills. The reason Wold Cottage is in the Sea is because I used the
coordinates of the USGS-MB site, and Wold is incorrectly listed as
an eastern longitude on that site (Dr. Grossman...sorry to bother
you if you could change that to west).
The Map is zoomable, lat/lon coordinate friendly and icon friendly
for a cute meteorite for example and changes tone as you mouse over.
http://www.glorietamountain.com/
I made an example for the list's viewing pleasure with all of the
witnessed falls recorded in the UK and Ireland (link above). I
colored the countries, put a yellow dot at the coordinates of each
witnessed fall, and furthermore sized the dot based on the TKW. A
sort of recovered meteorite population density concept for anyone
who wants to cruise to Great Britian on holiday and pick up a few
meteorites laying around. When you scroll over the dot I made it
say the location and the fall year. I made it clickable so
cursoring over the individual countries identifies the country, and
clicking on them zooms in on the country. You can take over the
whole world nicely with you meteorite collection, but the UK/Ireland
was enough for me this afternoon.
My attempt was quick and I'm not a programmer, so if I dedicated
more time it could have had all kinds of bells and whistles into
this, like cursor over the world and have a link on each dot opening
the MB-USGS database page, my pictures, cutie meteorite icons,
etc. Or I could have done it to help IMCA members worldwide hook up
with the masses ... just kidding.
http://www.glorietamountain.com/
Just it is a terribly unfriendly interface - but it works superbly
and is extremely powerful, not to mention it's generously free for
all kinds of use. Lets you color countries and puts lots of things
in them and can do coordinates and the zooming/interactive functions
are great. Note the maps can even be resized. Price is right -
free...and if you want to invest the time in cutting, pasting and
configuring the files as required, it really is powerful and results
are very professional and multilevel (states, countries,
regions). Also can manages lat/lon to some degree if you have the
patience to figure it out looks like you will be rewarded with great results.
http://drupal.org/project/diymap
Other than this sort of software, if you want to do better than
Excel, MS Access (with Microsoft Offie professional) makes real
professional databases where you can link pictures and all kinds of
customized queries (it is a great tool for real estate listings and
photo employee databases).
Best wishes, Doug
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_(game)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Langbroek"
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To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:51 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)
Hi Mark,
Browse around a bit on http://www.sourceforge.net which is a well
known large repository of open source software for all kinds of
things. There is certainly mapping software on there (search with
keywords like "map" and/or "gps" I suggest).
- Marco
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Dr Marco Langbroek
Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DMS website: http://www.dmsweb.org
private website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek
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