[BC] GPS For Proofs...

[Mike McCarthy]

I wasn't thinking of having the mapping program do the proof side 
work.  Just eliminate the need to write down all the location data by 
hand.  It's then rather easy to copy/paste all the necessary 
documentational data onto a paper form as opposed to writing it first, the 
manually typing it in to the form later.  THAT's what I'm after. Once the 
first run is done, the points defined and characterized, it's simple to 
print maps for each radial and the associated run form. Then it's off to 
the races.

However, it would be nice to have the ability to click on a point and have 
the computer permit entering the field data and recording the time of entry 
at the same time the measurement is recorded.  That will make the whole 
effort paperless.

I've got several stations to do this on next year.  So it's important for 
me to find a system which will work and work well/fast/simple.

MM

At 09:15 AM 11/16/2005 -0800, Burt I. Weiner wrote
>Mike,
>
>The Delorme products are mapping programs, not proof programs.  They will 
>do everything you mention with the exception of the XLS stuffs.  I write 
>descriptions on a separate log in the traditional manner.  The software is 
>essentially consumer type in that it is inexpensive and you can easily run 
>it on your laptop.  It will allow you to draw radials, put various tags 
>and labels on the maps in various layers if you wish.  See the article in 
>the April 2004 Radio Guide I wrote on the subject.  And yes, you can print 
>out real 7.5" Quads complete with radials, the points you've added and a 
>title box.  They will be better than anything you can draw on a map by 
>hand.  Plus, they'll all fit in your laptop as one complete map and not 
>all over the inside of your car!
>
>Burt
>
>At 11:43 AM 11/16/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>>From: Mike McCarthy <Towers at mre.com>
>>Subject: Re: [BC] GPS For AM Proofs...
>>To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>>Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.2.20051116091519.026f4610 at pop.ais.net>
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>>So you bought the extra $100/region discs and they work under the consumer
>>software? Please clarify/elaborate.
>>
>>Can the selected/clicked points location data be automatically exported and
>>incremented on a point by point basis to a .XLS formatted/compatible
>>spreadsheet showing lat, lon, distance to reference, and bearing to 0.5
>>deg?  Will it also export a description of the point to the nearest corner
>>or such to the same spreadsheet?  Then allow the same sanitized spreadsheet
>>as well as straight line radials be reloaded back into the program to
>>create the necessary maps for filing?  Can it create different point icons
>>(circle, square, triangle, hexegon, etc) for different "layers" or runs?
>>
>>Will it also allow a title box to be created?
>>
>>Curious minds planning proofs want to know...
>>
>>Thanks...
>>
>>MM
>
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>Broadcast Technical Services
>Glendale, California  U.S.A.
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>
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