From bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Mon Mar 4 14:08:53 2002 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.13) with SMTP id OAA07121 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 14:08:53 -0600 (CST) X-Sent: 4 Mar 2002 19:47:20 GMT Subject: [aprsnews] Re: [aprssig] Re: findu.com backup server project Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 14:47:19 -0500 x-sender: sdimse@mail.telocity.com From: Steve Dimse To: "APRS Announcements" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Sender: bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Message-Id: Precedence: bulk Please forward this reply to other APRS related mailing lists... On 3/4/02 9:08 AM Guy.Story@levi.flyingpig.net (Guy.Story@levi.flyingpig.net) wrote: >> >> Will Tigerbyte be allowed to advertize on the new Findu server in return >> for the donation of bandwidth of the T1 line? > >This was not brougth up by Clint and I do not expect Tigerbyte to post any >ads on it. I am an employee of Tigerbyte as well. When I talked to Clint >about this, it was made clear it is an Amatuer Radio Project, not a means to >generate revenue for us. > Let me make this absolutely clear: findU will not be used to generate revenue for any entity. The new server is to be a mirror of my server, which does not contain any ads or commercial content, nor will it ever. Last month (a short one at that) the server got over 1.6 million hits, an incredible number for an amateur radio site. I'm proud of the system and I'm not about to abandon it, nor am I going to allow anyone else to profit from it and cheapen what I've accomplished. DCARC, like TAPR, is an honorable organization, and I fully endorse their efforts. This server will be under the control of DCARC, because they were the first and only group to come up with a workable plan for providing a backup server. However, it will belong to the APRS community as a whole, in spirit if not law. As far as I'm concerned DCARC are merely the custodians, because someone needs to be. In the extremely unlikely event something were to happen with the server that I felt compromised my principles, I would fight tooth and nail to get the server moved to some other group or individual that would more properly manage the resource. Those of you that have been around APRS for a while have seen my actions through the QSY effort and the APRS WG formation. While you may not always agree with my opinions, you know I'm one to translate those opinions into action and get results, and I simply will not tolerate commercialization of findU. By the way, commercialization is the primary reason I've not open-sourced my code. I've gotten a surprising number of requests from persons inside the GIS industry to either give or sell them my code, or consult for them. After looking at a lot of the commercial systems, the entire APRS system really holds its own, and on many counts including (in-my-not-so-humble-opinion) findU, it is better than anything else out there. Winning the Earthlink AVL competition to me was objective confirmation of this opinion. If my code were GPL'ed, it would probably be used in commercial systems. I get my satisfaction from producing a useful system that does cool things, and letting people use it for free. I'm lucky enough not to need to charge for it, and I wouldn't like to see other people making money from my efforts either. I had expected that the Linux Lunacy Geek Cruise I went on last October would convince me once and for all of the benefits of free (as in speech) software. In fact, it had the opposite effect...I spent a lot of time with the infamous RMS (Richard Stallman, president of the Free Software Foundation) since we ate dinner at the same six person table. Let's just say the discussion was as enjoyable as, and far spicier than, the Holland America food! After all the arguments and much contemplation, I've come to agree with the also infamous ESR (Eric Raymond, also on the cruise, talk about storm-at-sea!), that RMS and FSF are seeking power, not freedom. Now that I really understand it, I find the FSF vision of the world a far scarier place than even a Microsoft controlled world. Software is a creative work (RMS agrees), the disposition of which rightfully belongs in the hands of the creator or their employer (RMS turns red and starts screaming, because useful creations like a home improvement TV show, how-to book, or software program, morally belong to the collective). I believe the decision to donate code to the public good is an altruistic act, not a moral imperative, and a choice deserving admiration, not expectation. My choice for now is to keep control of the code, and provide a service to the community for free (as in beer!). Not a purely altruistic decision, but the one I am most comfortable with. In the event I someday lose interest in findU, it will be passed to someone else for development, as javAPRS eventually was (and BTW Pete is doing a great job with it). I've made good on my pledge to donate $100 to the fundraising effort, and I hope all those that have offered me money over recent weeks or in the past, as well as all those that use findU and consider it useful, will donate money for this effort, and do it now. What the TAPR board has discussed doing is not to charge credit cards or cash checks until the fund approaches the cost of the server, and I think this is a reasonable approach. I hope this is not a problem, it certainly wouldn't make me feel that the last two years building findU have been appreciated! This is not money that can trickle in over a period of months. If you plan to donate, do it now so APRS can get get the backup findU server it needs. Steve K4HG P.S. To save overworked and under-appreciated Stan some aggravation, PLEASE, no on-sig discussions about free or open source philosphies. I took the liberty because my plans directly affect APRS and the current issue of the backup server. I think it is important for you to know where I stand and at least respect, if not to agree with, my decision, since it is your money on the line. I'm glad to entertain thoughtful discussion on the subject by email, but the APRS SIG is NOT the place for it. The Not-So-Infamous SSD ;-) --- You are currently subscribed to aprsnews as: lyris.aprsnews@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-aprsnews-839E@lists.tapr.org Questions regarding the SIG go to the SIG administrator: wa1lou@tapr.org From bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Thu Mar 14 09:28:14 2002 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.13) with SMTP id JAA07705 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 09:28:13 -0600 (CST) content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: [aprsnews] NWS Radar Coordinates Updated MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:50:14 -0600 Message-ID: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.5762.3 Thread-Topic: NWS Radar Coordinates Updated Thread-Index: AcHLZ4xrg1NqlDcZEdaQ8gBAM9KoGQ== From: "AE5PL Lists" Sender: bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org To: "APRS Announcements" List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio X-Message-Id: <9F1E0A2562D60B43BAA4C87505322DFC04C82F@ame-main.ametx.com> Precedence: bulk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by tapr.org id JAA07705 I have updated http://www.ae5pl.net/nwsradar.asp (1 deg lat = 1 deg long) and http://www.ae5pl.net/nwsradars.asp (stereographic projection) to better reflect the 124 nm radius of the radar images. The change will have little effect on projections within a 50 mile radius of the radar site, but should be noticeable the closer a station is to the edge of the radar range. Note that only the gif top, left, bottom, and right coordinates have changed. All other parameters remain unchanged. 73, Pete Loveall AE5PL http://www.ae5pl.net mailto:pete@ae5pl.net --- You are currently subscribed to aprsnews as: lyris.aprsnews@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-aprsnews-839E@lists.tapr.org Questions regarding the SIG go to the SIG administrator: wa1lou@tapr.org From bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Fri Mar 15 14:03:44 2002 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.13) with SMTP id OAA29594 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:03:38 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: X-Sender: plkilroy@pop700.gsfc.nasa.gov Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:26:37 -0500 To: "APRS Announcements" From: Pat Kilroy Subject: [aprsnews] AMSAT-DC MEETING AND SPACE SEMINAR May 5 Cc: "ANS Dan" , "WA3NAN" , aprsnews@lists.tapr.org, amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org, simsat@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio X-Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020315090712.041dc080@pop700.gsfc.nasa.gov> Sender: bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Precedence: bulk Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by tapr.org id OAA29594 AMSAT-DC MEETING AND SPACE SEMINAR All space enthusiasts and amateur satellite operators are invited to the next Maryland-DC area AMSAT Meeting and Space Seminar. This includes students, teachers, parents and all Amateur Radio operators! The gathering will take place on Sunday, May 5, 2002, starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT in the auditorium of the Visitor Center at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. All topics at the seminar relate to the amateur space program, Amateur Radio, homebrew electronic projects, high-altitude balloon experiments, telemetry, and related items. We'll include the hottest AO-40, ARISS, and all the "New-Sats" news and user setup & operating tips. The format is a combination of presentations, informal "show 'n' tell" demonstrations and a social period. Normally the first presentations and the keynote address are designed to be especially valuable to beginners. All aspects of this seminar are brought to you by unpaid, uncompensated volunteers. The high quality of past seminars have received excellent reviews. You may see last year's report at our web site to get an idea what is anticipated: http://simsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssamsatdc.html Informal talk-in is on WA3NAN/R 146.835 MHz Greenbelt, Md. The Visitor Center phone number is 301-286-8981. Unlike previous meeting years, the NASA GSFC Visitor Center is NOT open to the public due to security restrictions related to September 11. The GSFC Gift Shop there is open to the public ONLY on weekdays. Donations will be accepted to help offset the associated seminar costs. Free paved parking. The meeting place coordinates are roughly N 38° 59' 34.8", W076° 50' 48.8". For a map and directions go to either http://pao.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/welcome/gsfcmap/gsfcmap.htm or: http://www.mapquest.com using the GSFC ZIP Code 20771. Enter from Explorer Road off of Soil Conservation Service Road. This meeting is open to all. Please forward this message, print this out, post it and SPREAD THE WORD. Hope to see you there! Sincerely, Pat Kilroy, N8PK AMSAT Area Coordinator (MDC Section) E-mail: n8pk@amsat.org ===================================================================== Patrick L. Kilroy WK BAT Integration & Test Manager PHONE: 301-286-1984 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center FAX: 301-286-1673 Building 5, Mail Code 568 E-MAIL: pat.kilroy@gsfc.nasa.gov Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 WEB: http://simsat.gsfc.nasa.gov ===================================================================== Swift BAT http://swift.gsfc.nasa.gov/scitech/instruments/bat.html --- You are currently subscribed to aprsnews as: lyris.aprsnews@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-aprsnews-839E@lists.tapr.org Questions regarding the SIG go to the SIG administrator: wa1lou@tapr.org From bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Tue Mar 26 14:37:59 2002 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.13) with SMTP id OAA01784 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:37:57 -0600 (CST) X-Sent: 26 Mar 2002 20:33:51 GMT Subject: [aprsnews] APRS IS stream monitoring site Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 15:33:51 -0500 x-sender: sdimse@mail.telocity.com From: Steve Dimse To: "APRS Announcements" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Sender: bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Message-Id: Precedence: bulk I played a bit more with my stream monitoring tool, it is now more efficient, ignores the first and last 100 lines in a file, automatically cuts of the data capture after a specified number of seconds, and most importantly, writes the output as a set of web pages. I have this running once an hour, the cycle initiates at 22 minutes past the hour, by the half hour mark the new pages are posted: http://www.findu.com/stream/ For each test there is a link to a page showing the callsign and the payload of the unmatched packets. These if there is a problem with the connection to one of the servers, the error rates will be very high. This may or may not represent a problem with the server, diagnosing problems still takes effort, this is just a tool. Cavet emptor! The new program files are available at the same link: http://www.findu.com/stream.gz Steve K4HG --- You are currently subscribed to aprsnews as: lyris.aprsnews@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-aprsnews-839E@lists.tapr.org Questions regarding the SIG go to the SIG administrator: wa1lou@tapr.org From bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Thu Mar 28 06:46:05 2002 Received: from lists.tapr.org (lists.tapr.org [204.17.217.24]) by tapr.org (8.9.3/8.9.3/1.13) with SMTP id GAA12143 for ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 06:45:59 -0600 (CST) X-Sent: 28 Mar 2002 00:16:39 GMT Subject: [aprsnews] New zip codes on findU! Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:16:40 -0500 x-sender: sdimse@mail.telocity.com From: Steve Dimse To: "APRS Announcements" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" List-Unsubscribe: List-Software: Lyris Server version 3.0 List-Subscribe: List-Owner: X-List-Host: Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Sender: bounce-aprsnews-839@lists.tapr.org Message-Id: Precedence: bulk You never know what you are going to find when trolling cpan.org...today I found a routine (WWW::MapBlast) that queries MapBlast for lat/lons of zipcodes from many countries. I've updated the cgi's which accept zip codes to accept a new form. If you supply just a zip code, it queries the same old US database as before: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/map-near.cgi?zip=33042 Now though, you can add an additional parameter of country which forces the MapBlast lookup (even for USA): http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/nearwx.cgi?zip=33042&country=United States http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wl-near.cgi?zip=M5S 2C6&country=Canada A lot of people outside the US have asked for this, enjoy! These are the cgi's which accept this new form: near.cgi map-near.cgi nearwx.cgi wxnear.cgi wl-near Here is a list of the countries it knows. It is lifted from the source code, so the formatting is bad, sorry. (If anyone wants to reformat the list for me so it just contains the full names, I'd appreciate it!) You must enter the country name in the long form ("United States" not "USA") shown here, capitalization counts! "United States"=>"USA","AFG"=>"Afghanistan","Albania"=>"ALB","Algeria"=>"DZA", "American Samoa"=>"ASM","Andorra"=>"AND","Angola"=>"AGO","Anguilla"=>"AIA", "Antigua and Barbuda"=>"ATG","Argentina"=>"ARG","Armenia"=>"ARM","Aruba"=>"ABW", "Australia"=>"AUS","Austria"=>"AUT","Azerbaijan"=>"AZE","Bahamas"=>"BHS", "Bahrain"=>"BHR","Bangladesh"=>"BGD","Barbados"=>"BRB","Belarus"=>"BLR", "Belgium"=>"BEL","Belize"=>"BLZ","Benin"=>"BEN","Bermuda"=>"BMU", "Bhutan"=>"BTN","Bolivia"=>"BOL","Bosnia and Herzegovina"=>"BIH","Botswana"=>"BWA", "Brazil"=>"BRA","British Virgin Islands"=>"VGB","Brunei Darussalam"=>"BRN", "Bulgaria"=>"BGR","Burkina Faso"=>"BFA","Burundi"=>"BDI","Cambodia"=>"KHM", "Cameroon"=>"CMR","Canada"=>"CAN","Cape Verde"=>"CPV","Cayman Islands"=>"CYM", "Central African Republic"=>"CAF","Chad"=>"TCD", "Chile"=>"CHL","China"=>"CHN","Colombia"=>"COL","Comoros"=>"COM", "Congo"=>"COG","Cook Islands"=>"COK","Costa Rica"=>"CRI","Croatia"=>"HRV", "Cuba"=>"CUB","Cyprus"=>"CYP","Czech Republic"=>"CZE","Denmark"=>"DNK", "Djibouti"=>"DJI","Dominica"=>"DMA","Dominican Republic"=>"DOM","Ecuador"=>"ECU", "Egypt"=>"EGY","El Salvador"=>"SLV","Equatorial Guinea"=>"GNQ","Eritrea"=>"ERI", "Estonia"=>"EST","Ethiopia"=>"ETH","Falkland Islands"=>"FLK","Faroe Islands"=>"FRO", "Fiji"=>"FJI","Finland"=>"FIN","France"=>"FRA","French Guiana"=>"GUF", "French Polynesia"=>"PYF","Gabon"=>"GAB","Gambia"=>"GMB","Georgia"=>"GEO", "Germany"=>"DEU","Ghana"=>"GHA","Gibraltar"=>"GIB","Greece"=>"GRC", "Greenland"=>"GRL","Grenada"=>"GRD","Guadeloupe"=>"GLP","Guatemala"=>"GTM", "Guinea"=>"GIN","Guinea Bissau"=>"GNB","Guyana"=>"GUY","Haiti"=>"HTI", "Honduras"=>"HND","Hong Kong"=>"HKG","Hungary"=>"HUN","Iceland"=>"ISL", "India"=>"IND","Indonesia"=>"IDN","Iran"=>"IRN","Iraq"=>"IRQ", "Ireland"=>"IRL","Israel"=>"ISR","Italy"=>"ITA","Ivory Coast"=>"CIV", "Jamaica"=>"JAM","Japan"=>"JPN","Jordan"=>"JOR","Kazakhstan"=>"KAZ", "Kenya"=>"KEN","Kiribati"=>"KIR","Kuwait"=>"KWT","Kyrgyzstan"=>"KGZ", "Laos"=>"LAO","Latvia"=>"LVA","Lebanon"=>"LBN","Lesotho"=>"LSO", "Liberia"=>"LBR","Libya"=>"LBY",",Liechtenstein"=>"LIE","Lithuania"=>"LTU", "Luxembourg"=>"LUX","Macau"=>"MAC","Macedonia"=>"MKD","Madagascar"=>"MDG", "Malawi"=>"MWI","Malaysia"=>"MYS","Maldives"=>"MDV","Mali"=>"MLI", "Malta"=>"MLT","Marshall Islands"=>"MHL","Martinique"=>"MTQ","Mauritania"=>"MRT", "Mauritius"=>"MUS","Mexico"=>"MEX","Micronesia"=>"FSM","Moldova"=>"MDA", "Monaco"=>"MCO","Mongolia"=>"MNG","Montserrat"=>"MSR","Morocco"=>"MAR", "Mozambique"=>"MOZ","Myanmar"=>"MMR","Namibia"=>"NAM","Nepal"=>"NPL", "Netherlands"=>"NLD","Netherlands Antilles"=>"ANT","New Caledonia"=>"NCL","New Zealand"=>"NZL", "Nicaragua"=>"NIC","Niger"=>"NER","Nigeria"=>"NGA","Norfolk Island"=>"NFK", "North Korea"=>"PRK","Northern Mariana Islands"=>"MNP","Norway"=>"NOR","Oman"=>"OMN", "Pakistan"=>"PAK","Palau"=>"PLW","Panama"=>"PAN","Papua New Guinea"=>"PNG", "Paraguay"=>"PRY","Peru"=>"PER","Philippines"=>"PHL","Poland"=>"POL", "Portugal"=>"PRT","Puerto Rico"=>"PRI","Qatar"=>"QAT","Reunion"=>"REU", "Romania"=>"ROM","Russia"=>"RUS","Rwanda"=>"RWA","Saint Helena"=>"SHN", "Saint Kitts and Nevis"=>"KNA","Saint Lucia"=>"LCA","Saint Pierre and Miquelon"=>"SPM","Saint Vincent/Grenadines"=>"VCT","Samoa"=>"WSM","San Marino"=>"SMR", "Saotome and Principe"=>"STP","Saudi Arabia"=>"SAU","Senegal"=>"SEN","Seychelles"=>"SYC", "Sierra Leone"=>"SLE","Singapore"=>"SGP","Slovak Republic"=>"SVK","Slovenia"=>"SVN", "Solomon Islands"=>"SLB","Somalia"=>"SOM","South Africa"=>"ZAF","South Korea"=>"KOR", "Spain"=>"ESP","Sri Lanka"=>"LKA","Sudan"=>"SDN","Suriname"=>"SUR", "Swaziland"=>"SWZ","Sweden"=>"SWE","Switzerland"=>"CHE","Syria"=>"SYR", "Taiwan"=>"TWN","Tajikistan"=>"TJK","Tanzania"=>"TZA","Thailand"=>"THA", "Togo"=>"TGO","Tokelau"=>"TKL","Tonga"=>"TON","Trinidad and Tobago"=>"TTO", "Tunisia"=>"TUN","Turkey"=>"TUR","Turkmenistan"=>"TKM","Turks and Caicos Islands"=>"TCA", "Uganda"=>"UGA","Ukraine"=>"UKR","United Arab Emirates"=>"ARE","United Kingdom"=>"GBR", "United States"=>"USA","US Virgin Islands"=>"VIR","Uruguay"=>"URY","Uzbekistan"=>"UZB", "Vanuatu"=>"VUT","Vatican"=>"VAT","Venezuela"=>"VEN","Vietnam"=>"VNM", "Western Sahara"=>"ESH","Yemen"=>"YEM","Yugoslavia"=>"YUG","Zambia"=>"ZMB", "Zimbabwe"=>"ZWE" --- You are currently subscribed to aprsnews as: lyris.aprsnews@tapr.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-aprsnews-839E@lists.tapr.org Questions regarding the SIG go to the SIG administrator: wa1lou@tapr.org