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County Line Crossings Locator |
County
Line Location Process
In this method, which was first developed and supported in CQ/X version 1.7.9.1 and is described in detail in the document Developing Crossing File Using Google Maps, the user performs the following steps with the objective of steps 1-4 being simply to obtain a file of latitude and longitude values describing the path taken by the route.
If
Streets and Trips was capable of exporting the lat/lon values for a
trip steps 2-4 would not be required, but unfortunately that capability
does not exist in current versions of S&T. Although
the above is a multi-step process each step is very simple
requiring only
moving and saving of files
with
the only additional requirement being the development of some skill at
using Google Maps and tweaking/editing
the map, as described in step 6, to make sure that the resulting path
goes where you plan to go. Here are screen shots of the CQ/X
dialogs
used in steps 5-6. In the first dialog you specify the file of lat/lon
values that define the path and specify the output file where the
crossings found are to be saved. During the calculation process the
most recent county line crossing found is shown in the status window to
indicate progress of the calculations. Once the process completes in
typically about 30 seconds, the first dialog is closed and the second
dialog showing the found crossings is opened. Buttons at the bottom
of that dialog provide
County
Line
Locator Demos
Here are links to several demo
routes which have been analyzed
using the tool. These maps show the planned route, the counties
involved and the entry/exit points for each county.
NO5W 2009 FQP Route -- Route used by NO5W in the 2009 Florida QSO Party. N5NA 2011 NMQP Route -- Route used by N5NA in the 2011 New Mexico QSO Party. Orlando to Seattle -- Demo multi-state route from Orlando, FL to Seattle, WA. Ham-Com-2011 Demo -- Demo route Plano-Austin-The Woodlands-Plano for Ham-Com 2011. CTDXCC-2012 Demo -- Demo route New Orleans-Austin for CTDXCC 2012. Copyright: C.W. Sanders, NO5W Last Updated: 07-March-2014 |