On 5/14/2024 3:24 PM, Jim Ebner wrote:
Stephen,
Looking forward to seeing you there. I live just north of Xenia in
Springfield. I don't have my VARA HF APRS running at this time but
do have my VHF station going. Just wondering if you are still
using UI-View or something else.
UIview forever!???
It's still the only APRS program that can produce?
fully-scrollable, zoomable vector-based maps without an Internet
connection.? (Precision Mapping caches ALL of North America
including Canada at street level and Mexico entirely on your local
hard disk. Invaluable in the field where there are no
cellular/internet connections.) ? Plus the ability, courtesy of
the Precision Mapping 9.0 plug-in,? to overlay/underlay ESRI
Arcview and MapInfo .MIF vector databases used by most state and
local governments. Not to mention underlaying scanned bitmap
images of USGS TopoMaps.?
Further, my map displays have NOT been trashed by Google's new
horrible all-grey-roads color scheme!? [Virtually all other APRS
mapping systems depend, one way or another, on Google Maps.]? Or
on Open Streets with it's undifferentiated route shields. (All
route numbers -- Interstate, Old US numbers, State and County --
look the same.)
73, and see you in a few days
Jim Ebner, N8JE
