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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=888421521-31072011>This
is way cool - thanks!!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=888421521-31072011>Paul
N8OT</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
ohqp-mail-bounces@ohqp.org [mailto:ohqp-mail-bounces@ohqp.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>K9TM<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 31, 2011 3:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B> OHIO
OQP<BR><B>Subject:</B> [OhQP-mail] Update to Planned Operations
Page...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4>There was a note string earlier this
week that I found curious as it challenged that the OhQP web site is somehow
not close to "state of the art" because a map of planned operations was not
available. After looking at the cited examples from the note string, I
found that the examples were what I would term static maps. They were
created by humans by hand and posted into web pages by humans... all by hand
and at the timing and discretion of a human. I had provided a similar
map product in 2009 for OhQP but found it too time consuming to be practical
for the time I have available.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4>The OhQP web page is one of the only
QSO Party web pages I could find that allows the planned operations
information to be dynamically collected and available without human
intervention to generate the web pages. I don't want to belittle any
other QP's efforts (we're all doing our best with what we have) but I think
that automatic pages are more "state of the art" than manual pages. If
any other QP folks are tuning in, I'm happy to share how to do this to help
your QP if you are interested (it's a huge time saver!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4>I was only able to find one other QP
(other than OhQP/MiQP) that had the ability to collect info and publish it in
a table without human intervention. I was not able to find a single QP
that had the ability to collect info and publish it in map form without human
intervention... until now! I have done some work over the weekend and
now the OhQP planned operations page also includes a map with the counties
colored in depending on if there is a planned operation or not.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4>In the future other things can be
added to the map but for now I have other items to work on to keep the
OhQP/MiQP moving and will not be able to add additional features to the map
until next year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4>I've altered the existing 2011 Plans
page to include the map at the bottom of the page.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4>Hope the addition of the map helps in
planning your operation for OhQP.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=4>73, Tim
K9TM</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>