Difference between revisions of "Mapping tools"

Latest revision as of 13:43, 19 September 2019

Finding the QRA of a site

http://k7fry.com/grid/ New site for finding locators to 10 character accuracy by clicking on a map.

Lat and Long conversion

UK postcode to Lat and Long: https://www.freemaptools.com/convert-uk-postcode-to-lat-lng.htm

Google map based site to find Lat and Long, OS grid reference and address including post code: http://www.gridreferencefinder.com/

OS NGR to Lat and Long

Convert the OS map 10 digit reference such as TG51401317 to Lat and Long here: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong-gridref.html

Topographic Google map

So exactly where are the highest sites near me? Use this Google map based site overlaid with height / topographic data to find out: http://en-gb.topographic-map.com/

Overlay OS maps

http://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

Portable sites

Directory of portable sites Wiki pages describing some sites suitable for ATV and microwave operation

A Google map listing known portable sites - please add yours!

Radio link and path software

The software of choice for BATC members is G0MJW Dr Mike Willis' Microwave Path Profile available here.

G0MJW Microwave Path Profile - here Cleeve Common to Tittlerstone Clee Hill

The ASTER mapping data is available after registration with NASA on this website. Tiles of mapping are available for each degree of longitude and latitude - east or west of the Greenwich Meridian. A typical search string for England and Wales of *N52E00* and N52E00* will give an available range of land tiles for the latitude. 5GB of data may be downloaded for N48 to N56 Northern France to Southern Scotland quite easily. The Sites.dat file is a strength of the program to easily enter repeaters, QTH and hill sites for Rx and Tx sites. It's relatively easy to add positions of further hill tops and friends QTHs using positions from Google Earth or e.g. Hillbagging.co.uk to the sites.dat file

A very useful site with "click to see the path" https://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-elevationtool.html

Software used offline /P and at home is Radio Mobile by Roger VE2DBE. Roger's website links to the G3TVU Quick Start guide aimed at UK users which has UK-tailored versions of Radio Mobile. Ian G3TVU has done a thorough job so set aside an evening for building Radio Mobile UK.

For optical and Line of sight paths see http://www.heywhatsthat.com/

Line of Sight assessments may indeed also be possible in MicroDEM by Prof Guth of the Oceanography Dept, US Naval Academy. Leszek discusses its capabilities here.

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 === Finding the QRA of a site ===
-[http://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html This is a handy site] for finding locators to 8 character accuracy. The magnification +/- buttons do not seem to work, so you have to use the mouse wheel.
-Alternatively, [http://qthlocator.free.fr/ try this site] by F5UKW to find QRA locators from Google maps.
+http://k7fry.com/grid/ New site for finding locators to 10 character accuracy by clicking on a map.
 === Lat and Long conversion ===
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 [[Directory of portable sites]] Wiki pages describing some sites suitable for ATV and microwave operation
-A Google map listing known portable site [https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z8N5Iqirz744.kVguZyvh02SU&usp = - please add yours!]
+A Google map listing known portable sites [https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z8N5Iqirz744.kVguZyvh02SU&usp - please add yours!]
+===Radio link and path software===
+The software of choice for BATC members is G0MJW Dr Mike Willis' [http://www.mike-willis.com/software.html Microwave Path Profile] available here.
+[[File:Cleeve Common to Titterstone Clee Hill.JPG|thumb|G0MJW Microwave Path Profile - here Cleeve Common to Tittlerstone Clee Hill]]
+The ASTER mapping data is available after registration with NASA [https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C197265171-LPDAAC_ECS&q=aster&ok=aster on this website]. Tiles of mapping are available for each degree of longitude and latitude - east or west of the Greenwich Meridian. A typical search string for England and Wales of *N52E00* and N52E00* will give an available range of land tiles for the latitude. 5GB of data may be downloaded for N48 to N56 Northern France to Southern Scotland quite easily. The Sites.dat file is a strength of the program to easily enter repeaters, QTH and hill sites for Rx and Tx sites. It's relatively easy to add positions of further hill tops and friends QTHs using positions from Google Earth or e.g. Hillbagging.co.uk to the sites.dat file
+A very useful site with "click to see the path" https://www.solwise.co.uk/wireless-elevationtool.html
+[https://forum.batc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=5437&p=15405&hilit=line+of+sight+software#p15442 Software used offline /P and at home] is [http://www.ve2dbe.com/english1.html Radio Mobile by Roger VE2DBE]. Roger's website links to the [http://www.g3tvu.co.uk/Quick_Start.htm G3TVU Quick Start guide] aimed at UK users which has UK-tailored versions of Radio Mobile. Ian G3TVU has done a thorough job so set aside an evening for building Radio Mobile UK.
+For optical and Line of sight paths see http://www.heywhatsthat.com/
+Line of Sight assessments may indeed also be possible in [https://www.usna.edu/Users/oceano/pguth/website/microdem/microdem.htm MicroDEM] by Prof Guth of the Oceanography Dept, US Naval Academy. [http://freegeographytools.com/2007/microdem-a-swiss-army-knife-of-terrain-and-gis-tools Leszek discusses its capabilities here.]