2009 DTRS mapping project

n0nhp · #1 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 07:02 PM

I think I wore out my CTRL C and V buttons!
The map points are updated with the naming convention now used by RR.
I am under the assumption that the zone 4 locations are optimized for import to scanners with GPS operation. I have the tower sites at the tower sites, being a radio tech, having the tower location is more important to me.
I have included three files in the zip. A DeLorme .tpx (if you don't have Topo associate the file type with Street Atlas and it will open). A .txt almost any mapping program will import these and it can be turned into a .csv very easily. And the most useful a .gpx. The gpx can be imported to almost any GPS software and many of the newer GPSs will allow you to place the file on a removable memory and read directly. It is also the easiest to import to DeLorme products.

Questions, Comments, Flames (it's starting to cool off over here, I could use the help with the heating bill) and updates encouraged.

Bruce

dirtfinder · #2 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 08:28 PM

Bruce, once again great job on the mapping and thanks for sharing it with us...

Forever-21 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-27-2009, 10:16 PM

Wow heck of a job!!

jfab · #4 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 12:41 PM

Can't seem to open this up...

n0nhp · #5 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 04:31 PM

Can't open the zip or one of the files contained in the zip?
Bruce

jfab · #6 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 04:52 PM

The files in the zip.

dirtfinder · #7 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 05:15 PM

What mapping program are you using? Delorme will read the .tpx file or Mapsource and I also believe that Google earth will read the .gpx file.

jfab · #8 (**permalink**) 10-28-2009, 06:17 PM

Got it with Google Earth. Thanks!

Halfpint · #9 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 03:11 AM

Bruce,

"Farm Out!" Thanks for all the work!

firescannerbob · #10 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 07:18 PM

For the most part, for the sites I am personally familiar with (in other words, I DO know where there are, having seen them with my own eyes), the El Paso County sites are correct.
The only error I see in the .txt file (the only one I can open with any software I have) lists 4-022 as Cheyenne Mtn. 1-48 is also listed as Cheyenne Mtn, and both sets of coordinates are close to the each other, but I believe the coordinates listed for 1-48 are the most accurate. Of the two, 4-022 is incorrect. 4-022 is actually the El Paso County Templeton Gap site, and is quite a distance from Cheyenne Mtn.
Personally, I like knowing the site locations more so than an arbitrary guess at the center of coverage, since my experience shows that the data on that in the DB is not very correct.

n0nhp · #11 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 08:33 PM

Bob,
Is the lat long that RR has in it's database correct for 4-022? if not do you have a corrected location? I'll change it,
After the first few area 4 lookups and changes I just went with my old coords for all of them.
Do you have any mapping software? I can look in my bag of goodies and see if I can do a conversion.

Bruce

firescannerbob · #12 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 09:12 PM

Bruce, the RR database is also incorrect for 4-022, but it is closer.
I think the error is that before 4-022 was installed at it's current location, it was temporarily installed at a location near Cheyenne Mtn. It was moved to it's current location a long time ago.
I do not have any mapping software other than Google Earth, and when I tried to open the GPX file with it, I got an error message...

greenthumb · #13 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by firescannerbob

Personally, I like knowing the site locations more so than an arbitrary guess at the center of coverage, since my experience shows that the data on that in the DB is not very correct.

04-022 should be fixed, see the other thread.

Remember, the FCC data is for finding sites and the location data is for programming scanners. These are two completely different strategies and both have their purposes.

And thanks for the rip on the database work when you're not willing to contribute or help.

firescannerbob · #14 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greenthumb

04-022 should be fixed, see the other thread.

Remember, the FCC data is for finding sites and the location data is for programming scanners. These are two completely different strategies and both have their purposes.

And thanks for the rip on the database work when you're not willing to contribute or help.

Geez, does NOTHING make you admins happy? I didn't "rip" on anyone...just making an observation based on actual (user) experience.

As for "not willing to contribute or help", you have GOT to be kidding. I have contributed and helped, and you and others on this forum know it. Grow up.