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[WriteLog] Input for new country files (was: 4 Newbie Questions)

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Subject: [WriteLog] Input for new country files (was: 4 Newbie Questions)
From: writelog@W1QA.com (Bob McCormick W1QA)
Date: Tue Apr 8 13:32:46 2003
> > As of version 10.40, this is no longer true.
> > WriteLog's Great Circle Beam Headings and 
> > sunrise/sunset goes through a sequence of 
> > "country files".
>
> Wow, this is a nice enhancement to WL.  
> I am sure someone will come up with 
> new country files for the USA, VK, VE, etc.  

Maybe this will help:

Canada:
45.00000  -63.48902 VE1 VA1 NS route 102
47.58867  -73.96715 VE2 VA2 QC
46.52311  -84.32847 VE3 VA3 ON S S Marie
50.96853  -97.99271 VE4 VA4 MB
52.06483 -105.50867 VE5 VA5 SK
52.27702 -113.81384 VE6 VA6 AB Red Deer
50.49503 -123.18583 VE7 VA7 BC
62.45263 -114.36271 VE8     NT Yellow Knife
46.46553  -66.04511 VE9     NB route 123
48.47872  -55.46629 VO1     Newfoundland route 360
53.92835  -61.06590 VO2     Labrador red wine
63.74898  -68.54965 VY0     NU Iqaluit
60.72829 -135.04657 VY1     YK Whitehorse
46.36115  -63.42906 VY2     PE route 2
43.92951  -59.90889 CY0     NS Sable Island
47.20711  -60.14958 CY9     NS St. Paul Island

United States of America:
42.66415  -71.19411 W1 MA Andover I-93 & I-495 250 km
41.51775  -74.07665 W2 NY Newburgh I-87 & I-84 250 km
40.21158  -76.87911 W3 PA Harrisburg I-76 & I-83 225 km
33.49376  -82.08434 W4 GA Augusta I-20 & I-520 600 km
32.75558  -98.90257 W5 TX Breckridge US-180 & US-183 800 km
36.25425 -120.24462 W6 CA nr Fresno I-5 & CA-198
40.16860 -115.70796 W7 NV nr Ruby Lake 1,000 km
41.44153  -82.77907 W8 OH Sandusky US-6 & OH-2 475 km
42.24837  -88.96008 W9 IL Rockford I-90 & I-39 500 km
42.08859  -98.64997 W0 NE US-281 Holt/Wheeler border 700 km

Notes:
Some Canadian coordinates shifted further south than
the geographical centre of provinces and territories,
because the majority of population is located there.
US locations chosen as centre of circle (size noted)
at that location in attempt to cover most of that
call area ... but this is very difficult to do ...
especially when you need to cover from Seattle WA
to Tucson AZ.

I have not fooled around with the source files ...
or the conversion utilities (other than to download
updates and update the files on my system) ...
but maybe someone can take the next step?

73 
Bob W1QA

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