Great idea, Randy!

Thanks.

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: K 7 U I J

----- Original Message -----
From: "Randy Formenti N8KL" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 11:56 AM
Subject: program you might find useful


> I have written a program called bearing which you might find of
interest.
> ftp://ftp.mindsprin    g.com/users/n8kl/bearing.zip
> Here is part of bearing.doc explaining the program:
> Bearing.exe is a DOS program which calculates the bearing and distance
> between
> two locations. The program contains an internal database of 1200 U.S.
cities
> and about 300 cities throughout the rest of the world.
> The data for each city includes the three-letter airport designation,
> latitude
> and longitude of the airport, and state or country code. (Country
codes are
> listed at the end of this file.)
>
> When bearing is run without arguments you are prompted for a starting
> location
> and then a destination location.  Both locations may be specified in
many
> ways.
> 1. You can enter the three-character airport designator.
> 2. You can enter the actual name of the city and state as in "lansing,
mi".
>   Case and spacing don't matter.
> 3. You can enter the city without a state.  If there is more than one
entry
>   for that city because of multiple airports or states, you are
prompted
>   with each matching city, state, and airport so the correct one can
be
> chosen.
> 4. You can enter a state abbreviation. You are prompted with each city
and
>   airport.
> 5. You can enter the actual latitude and longitude.  Examples of valid
> entries
>   are: 37n25w 14s15w 37.30n85.45w 52.4n12E
>   Invalid entries are: 37.8n16.4w because fractional degrees must be
in
>   minutes which must be less than .6. Note that if the -. option is
used
>   (described later) degrees are input as a decimal number.
> 6. You can enter the grid square.  Grid squares are used in Amateur
Radio to
>   give the approximate latitude and longitude of a station.  They are
either
>   4 or 6 characters long.  If a valid grid is entered, the database is
> examined
>   and the closest city is displayed along with the approximate
distance to
> that
>   location.
>
> 88's N8KL
>
>