Super! Nice and useful improvements for the US in the MetSoc-USGS
interactive database, and as a footnote I see that Wold meteorite that lit a
fire under the English is safely landed and the rest history...One of these
days we'll be meteorite hunting off the crystal clear and resolved images of
the USGS website from the comfort of our computer screens at this rate of
emprovement!
Meanwhile back on the farm, this woodpecker is typing away and just changed
this sample meteorite map using the DIY Map software of the UK/Ireland/IOM
added some lame meteorite icons (kinda liked the yellow ball icons better,
though), and some serious clickable links to every fall that transport you
to the correct USGS-MetSoc page - and of course pulled Wold Cottage out of
the Sea: Click here to see how it shaped up:
http://www.glorietamountain.com
Best wishes,
Doug
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "mexicodoug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite List"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)
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"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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