[OhQP-mail] Update to Planned Operations Page...

Paul Hurm - GMail Acct paulhurm at gmail.com
Sun Jul 31 17:16:12 EDT 2011


This is way cool - thanks!!

Paul N8OT

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  From: ohqp-mail-bounces at ohqp.org [mailto:ohqp-mail-bounces at ohqp.org]On
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  Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 3:23 PM
  To: OHIO OQP
  Subject: [OhQP-mail] Update to Planned Operations Page...




  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.


  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!).


  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.


  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.


  I've altered the existing 2011 Plans page to include the map at the bottom
of the page.


  Hope the addition of the map helps in planning your operation for OhQP.


  73, Tim K9TM
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