On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 06:10:30PM +0000, Eddy Avila wrote:
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> Howdy....since I don't own a GPS, using just my street address is there an
> Internet site that can provide me with a fairly accurate latitude and
> longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds coordinates of my QTH? I know
> QRZ.COM has them listed, but I would like to confirm what they say, since
> originally they had my County incorrect!
I found the coordinates from the buck.com callsign lookup to be much
closer than those at qrz.com. I went into qrz.com and edited the
coordinates.
However, after configuring Xastir to use tiger and terraserver maps, I
set it up to download a terraserver map and zoomed in until I could
actually see my house with quite a bit of detail. I then set the
cursor over the location of the antenna and now use those coordinates.
There was a difference of ~100 feet. Findu shows me several hundred
feet away, in the water, actually!
I bought one of the $50 refurbished Tripmates and will hook it up soon
and cross check the numbers.
Bob
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