[chirp_devel] Repeaterbook.com

[Repeaterbook Admin]

I'm not trying to make it a competition between the two products...I was
just answering a specific question in the thread. It was implied that
Repeaterbook may not be geo-enabled, when in fact it is. All repeaters have
coordinates associated with them (accuracy cannot always be verified) and
can be mapped. Mobile devices like iPhones and Droids can take advantage of
their onboard GPS chips to locate repeaters near them.

Garrett

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Smith [mailto:dsmith at danplanet.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:09 AM
To: chirp_devel at intrepid.danplanet.com
Cc: Repeaterbook Admin
Subject: Re: [chirp_devel] Repeaterbook.com

> However, RFinder is ALWAYS GPS enabled...EVERY record has Lat/Lon 
> worldwide!!!

Thanks for the laugh, but just to keep the reality distortion field in
check:

I think what Garrett was getting at was the fact that many coordination
bodies do not share the actual coordinates of the repeaters for security
reasons. Most of the coordinates that do get shared are the nearest city,
landmark, or the top of the mountain on which the repeater is sited.

I just spot-checked several repeaters in the local area for which I know the
real locations. RFinder reports the same coordinates that the coordination
body does, and that repeaterbook.com does, which are in some cases, a few
miles and thousands of vertical feet away from where the actual repeater
site is.

I think the risk for repeaterbook sharing the coordinates is low, given that
they're usually either (a) already shared via some other mechanism or (b)
already sufficiently ambiguous to the owner's satisfaction.
However, keeping with the practice of most coordination bodies is more than
sufficient for the purposes of a repeater directory and certainly a
respectful hat tip to the owners of the hardware itself.

(CC: Garrett as I don't think he's on the devel list here)

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Dan Smith
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