[chirp_devel] Repeaterbook.com

[Dan Smith]

> our db is geolocation enbabled...I did not look deeply into his data
> but at first glance he is not geolo enabled as when I drilled into
> his data there were no lat/Lon's...mapping seems approximate and
> based on city.

Zipcodes aren't that big, compared to the coverage areas of most
repeaters. I imagine that it's close enough.

I know several repeater owners that try to keep the lat/lon of their
machines semi-private and often list a spot on the adjacent hill just 
for some ambiguity. Our coordination body does not disclose coordinates. 
My point being, keeping the finer-grained lat/lons reported of various 
repeaters is likely to be approximate :)

> We have been working over the last couple of weeks to fix
> inconsistencies in the data. We have an algorithm worked out to fix
> the PL's. Our data is sourced from dozens of places....once Dan
> pointed out the inconsistencies with the PL's our new mode is to
> validate on import. We have to retroactively fix what's wrong though.
> Work in progress.

The ones I pointed out are still broken in the database, by the way. Are 
those going to get fixed?

> Creating and maintaining RFinder and The Worldwide Repeater Directory
> is not a hobby.

Hmm, is this the name of the database itself? Maybe I should change
what chirp calls it (from current RFinder)?

Thanks for the info!

-- 
Dan Smith
www.danplanet.com
KK7DS