[C38] New Site Feature

[D. R. Strong]

Anders: Wonderful. I look forward to the locations of our vessels. Don

Max Soto wrote:
> Hi Anders,
>
> This is a great idea and a excellent addition to the website. 
> I included Estancia's location on a  google earth pin mark.
> Regards,
>
> - 
> Max Soto
> C38 #198 ESTANCIA
> Puntarenas, Costa Rica
>
> 2010/1/13 Anders Finn <anders at finn.ws <mailto:anders at finn.ws>>
>
>     Hello Catalina38's,
>
>     I'm proud to announce a new feature on the Catalina38.org website. As
>     few will probably remember, I assist my father, Charles Finn, not only
>     in sailing his c38 from time to time but in the finer points of web
>     design and programming when he needs it. I've whipped up the beginning
>     of what I hope will evolve into the future of the C38 registry.
>     I've got
>     some history in geocoding and actually got into it before Google did
>     writing my own Mercator projection algorithms and offsets. But I
>     digress. Please proceed to http://catalina38.org/map/ and check it
>     out.
>     I've only included a few vessels so far but it's a start. I'll be
>     getting as much as I possibly can from the C38 registry as it is
>     now so
>     if you have changes or would please check your information to be sure
>     it's correct, I would appreciate it.
>
>     Final note: I plan on allowing individual users to update their
>     vessel's
>     current location (lat, long). If you would like, this means you could
>     write something up to update automatically from your plotter or laptop
>     if you know how to code that. I will send out the API to anyone who's
>     interested and will offer any help that I can in advice.
>     Unfortunately,
>     I've got a lot on my plate and cannot write automatic update
>     scripts for
>     individual users.
>
>     Anders Finn
>     Boatswain
>     Mighty Quinn #114
>
>
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