[meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)

From: Jeff Grossman <jgrossman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:13:41 -0500
Message-ID: <OFC5421025.89F99925-ON852573CD.000161CA_at_usgs.gov>

There was a bug on the MetBull database site that reported longitudes
between 0 and 1 degree west as "negative east" longitudes. Wold
Cottage was one. It is fixed. Good catch.

Also, I modified the little google maps applet in the database to
allow you to use USGS topo maps and aerial photos as the map
base. Look up the detailed information for a specific meteorite and
click on View Google Map to see this. (Only applicable in the US,
where these base maps are available.)

jeff

At 06:04 PM 1/10/2008, mexicodoug wrote:
>Hi Mark, Marco, and others who enjoyed the Parker Bros. Napoleonic
>"Risk" game as kids*,
>
>Been playing around with this "DIY Map" software (macromedia based)
>since Mark first posted. I think I like the Meteorite bulletin -
>USGS Google Earth interface better, and would encourage you to check
>into the features of Google Earth allowing you to do 'kewl' stuff.
>
>But this DIY Map would do the trick for putting your collection
>on-line impressively, or taking the results in screen capture
>stills. The reason Wold Cottage is in the Sea is because I used the
>coordinates of the USGS-MB site, and Wold is incorrectly listed as
>an eastern longitude on that site (Dr. Grossman...sorry to bother
>you if you could change that to west).
>
>The Map is zoomable, lat/lon coordinate friendly and icon friendly
>for a cute meteorite for example and changes tone as you mouse over.
>
>http://www.glorietamountain.com/
>
>I made an example for the list's viewing pleasure with all of the
>witnessed falls recorded in the UK and Ireland (link above). I
>colored the countries, put a yellow dot at the coordinates of each
>witnessed fall, and furthermore sized the dot based on the TKW. A
>sort of recovered meteorite population density concept for anyone
>who wants to cruise to Great Britian on holiday and pick up a few
>meteorites laying around. When you scroll over the dot I made it
>say the location and the fall year. I made it clickable so
>cursoring over the individual countries identifies the country, and
>clicking on them zooms in on the country. You can take over the
>whole world nicely with you meteorite collection, but the UK/Ireland
>was enough for me this afternoon.
>
>My attempt was quick and I'm not a programmer, so if I dedicated
>more time it could have had all kinds of bells and whistles into
>this, like cursor over the world and have a link on each dot opening
>the MB-USGS database page, my pictures, cutie meteorite icons,
>etc. Or I could have done it to help IMCA members worldwide hook up
>with the masses ... just kidding.
>http://www.glorietamountain.com/
>
>Just it is a terribly unfriendly interface - but it works superbly
>and is extremely powerful, not to mention it's generously free for
>all kinds of use. Lets you color countries and puts lots of things
>in them and can do coordinates and the zooming/interactive functions
>are great. Note the maps can even be resized. Price is right -
>free...and if you want to invest the time in cutting, pasting and
>configuring the files as required, it really is powerful and results
>are very professional and multilevel (states, countries,
>regions). Also can manages lat/lon to some degree if you have the
>patience to figure it out looks like you will be rewarded with great results.
>
>http://drupal.org/project/diymap
>
>Other than this sort of software, if you want to do better than
>Excel, MS Access (with Microsoft Offie professional) makes real
>professional databases where you can link pictures and all kinds of
>customized queries (it is a great tool for real estate listings and
>photo employee databases).
>
>Best wishes, Doug
>* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_(game)
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Marco Langbroek"
><marco.langbroek at wanadoo.nl>
>To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:51 AM
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Simple mapping software? (A little OT)
>
>
>>Hi Mark,
>>
>>Browse around a bit on http://www.sourceforge.net which is a well
>>known large repository of open source software for all kinds of
>>things. There is certainly mapping software on there (search with
>>keywords like "map" and/or "gps" I suggest).
>>
>>- Marco
>>
>>-----
>>Dr Marco Langbroek
>>Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
>>
>>e-mail: meteorites at dmsweb.org
>>DMS website: http://www.dmsweb.org
>>private website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek
>>-----
>>
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Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman phone: (703) 648-6184
US Geological Survey fax: (703) 648-6383
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA
Received on Thu 10 Jan 2008 07:13:41 PM PST