Hello, this is my first post to these forums.I got an idea to write sofware based on Mr. Cox's wonderful
program USA PhotoMaps.
It seems that looking at photographs can be quite a strain on the
eyes. Recently, Topozone.com added WGS84/NAD83 data to its site.
Moving your mouse pointer over the maps shows the coordinates of
whatever your mouse is over. I am not sure how accurate the data
is, and right now my program is in a real early beta, V0.01.
What my program does, is grab the coordinate information from
the Internet Explorer status bar. As of this writing, both IE and
my program have to be open at the same time. The way it works is
this: You go to the Topozone.com website, and find the area you're
looking for. Change the coordinate information to WGS84/NAD83.
Then set the information to be in DD.DDDD format.
On the bottom of your Internet Explorer, you'll see the coordinate
information. It looks like this:
Cursor is 49.000°N,122.7516°W (WGS84/NAD83)With your mouse is over a map, you press ENTER, and the coordinate
information is stored. You move your mouse, press ENTER and the
next coordinate is stored....
When you're done "tracing your track" you click another button on
my program, and the program produces a marker file for MSTS.Future versions will have a built in browser that will automatically
take you to the topozone site.One thing I have noticed is the coordinates only go out to 4 decimal
places. Does anyone know of a site with more accurate coordinates?
The coordinates used on Terraserver seem to change.
For example, say you're looking at 5th and Main, and the
coordinates are as above when you hold your mouse over them.
If you move the photo, and hold your mouse over the same spot,
the coordinates change. Definately not a good thing.I would appreciate any thoughts, comments or suggestions.God Bless...--Deeply Shrouded & Quiet
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RE: Feedback On Software I'm Working On....., JohnCS, Aug-31-03, 03:04 PM, (1) RE: Feedback On Software I'm Working On....., Jitny, Sep-01-03, 08:58 AM, (3) RE: Feedback On Software I'm Working On....., JMorris, Aug-31-03, 10:08 PM, (2) RE: Feedback On Software I'm Working On....., deeplyshrouded, Sep-01-03, 11:32 AM, (4) RE: Feedback On Software I'm Working On....., johninchicago, Sep-07-03, 09:49 PM, (5) RE: Feedback On Software I'm Working On....., griffinmt, Sep-07-03, 10:17 PM, (6) RE: Feedback On Software I'm Working On....., deeplyshrouded, Sep-21-03, 01:13 AM, (7)
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