Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-27 Thread dion
From: Rodent of Unusual Size [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough; the boring digital terrain map of etoto5 gets replaced by mapblast. Depending on which part

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-27 Thread David Crossley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip/ That map shows only one person in Australia...how are the people determined? Do 'cvs checkout committers' and 'cd krell' See the FAQ. Also there are various past threads on committers@ I have been feeling very alone, being the only target here. Especially with

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-27 Thread dion
From: Rodent of Unusual Size [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough; the boring digital terrain map of etoto5 gets replaced by mapblast. Depending on which part

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-27 Thread Conor MacNeill
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That map shows only one person in Australia...how are the people determined? There is a file urls.txt in the committers module in CVS. Add yourself in and add the appropriate bits to the given URL (check the ones there for examples). I'll be adding myself soon as I get

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-26 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 26 Feb 2003, David Crossley wrote: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html I gather that you must be using some browser-specific facilities here. I use Mozilla and the map is a mess after the first zoom. Darn - I was quite happy as I got it to work after endless fiddling on IE,

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-26 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On 26 Feb 2003, David Crossley wrote: I see people talking about co-ordinate precision of less than 100 metres. So how are they determining their position? Do they each have a differential GPS in their pocket? If someone has some clever facility to determine an accurate position, then

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-26 Thread Santiago Gala
David Crossley wrote: Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: Now I've noticed quite a few folks falling off the shore, and into a nearby rivers and canals. Which unless you are living on a boad - is propably not quite correct. So I'd love to know if that is projection issue; or a true issue with the

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-26 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Santiago Gala wrote: My GPS (a modern cheap Garmin eTrex), averaged during a whole night up in my house drifted no more than 5m around. This is consistent with the positioning in the map, now that I have entered six figures in my data. Another thing to check on your GPS

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-26 Thread Kurt Schrader
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: On 26 Feb 2003, David Crossley wrote: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html I gather that you must be using some browser-specific facilities here. I use Mozilla and the map is a mess after the first zoom. Darn - I was quite happy

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-26 Thread Ben Hyde
Santiago Gala wrote: Another one, ~n in ~nacho gives a newline in krell/bin/scrape_location.pl, and thus fails. I don't speak enough perl for this one. My fault. I've poked a repair into the sources. (Funny, it took 57 people to trigger these bug, while n should be 1/25 or so ;-) We can learn

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-26 Thread Jeff Trawick
David Crossley wrote: I see people talking about co-ordinate precision of less than 100 metres. So how are they determining their position? Do they each have a differential GPS in their pocket? If someone has some clever facility to determine an accurate position, then please tell us. I ended up

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-26 Thread Torsten Curdt
snip/ Well, my position a couple of miles off the right spot. The coordinates are supposed to be in fractions of a degree, *not* degrees minutes seconds. Also, the georeference could spoil the fine tuning. I can't remember the name (WGS, I think) fine tuning? 1 minute is 1 nautical mile, so

[off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough; the boring digital terrain map of etoto5 gets replaced by mapblast. Depending on which part of the world you're in, the projection is about right :-) Now I've noticed quite a few

RE: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Scott Sanders
As far as I can tell, in the SF Bay area, it is off by about 20 feet. Not bad at all :) Scott Now I've noticed quite a few folks falling off the shore, and into a nearby rivers and canals. Which unless you are living on a boad - is propably not quite correct. So I'd love to know if that

RE: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Scott Sanders
Nevermind, if you zoom in far enough (below about 50 yards), it is spot on. Way to go! As far as I can tell, in the SF Bay area, it is off by about 20 feet. Not bad at all :) - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Santiago Gala
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html In http://memojo.com/memojowiki/Wiki.jsp?page=SantiagoGalaBlog_blogentry_250203_2 I have two scaring maps from Dirk ;-) Spanish comments, I'm trying to not forget my Spanish. I'm trying to _also_ blog in

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Santiago Gala
Torsten Curdt wrote: Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough; the boring digital terrain map of etoto5 gets replaced by mapblast. Depending on which part of the world you're in, the projection is

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Santiago Gala wrote: I'm about 20m (60ft) NE. But I wonder what would happen if I add another figure to the urls.txt thing. Please try ! Dw - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread David Reid
1 minute is 1 nautical mile, so 1/60 instead of 1/100 could get you there. ^^^ Only at the equator... david - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, David Reid wrote: 1 minute is 1 nautical mile, so 1/60 instead of 1/100 could get you there. ^^^ Only at the equator... Or use the minutes N/South - they are more constant. Dw -

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Santiago Gala
David Reid wrote: 1 minute is 1 nautical mile, so 1/60 instead of 1/100 could get you there. ^^^ Only at the equator... I forgot to say meridian, sorry. In Latitude, one minute is always 1 nautical mile, In Longitude (East-Westwards) only in the Equator. So I stand half

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Jeff Trawick wrote: can somebody remind me of where to find the address-long/lat mapping for the US? I'm about a mile off on the new zoom in and would like to try adding some digits. This tool http://demo.asemantics.com/zoom.pl shows the point of click below.

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Ask Bjoern Hansen
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Jeff Trawick wrote: can somebody remind me of where to find the address-long/lat mapping for the US? I'm about a mile off on the new zoom in and would like to try adding some digits. http://geourl.org/ has a couple of links. - ask -- ask bjoern hansen,

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Steven Noels
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: Now I've noticed quite a few folks falling off the shore, and into a nearby rivers and canals. Which unless you are living on a boad - is propably not quite correct. So I'd love to know if that is projection issue; or a true issue with the location you entered. I

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough; the boring digital terrain map of etoto5 gets replaced by mapblast. Depending on which part of the world you're in, the projection is about right :-) heh heh. now to tie in

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread David Crossley
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: The map on: http://cvs.apache.org/~dirkx/sgala.html has had a wee enhancement; if you zoom in far enough;... snip/ I gather that you must be using some browser-specific facilities here. I use Mozilla and the map is a mess after the first zoom. Is there

Re: [off-topic-just for fun] - Maps and zoom-in

2003-02-25 Thread David Crossley
Dirk-Willem van Gulik wrote: Now I've noticed quite a few folks falling off the shore, and into a nearby rivers and canals. Which unless you are living on a boad - is propably not quite correct. So I'd love to know if that is projection issue; or a true issue with the location you entered. I