XTRAMAPS.txt XTRA MAPS AND MAP COORDINATOR NOTES As of November, all of the APRS files and maps will no longer all fit on one HD disk. Since APRS can now easily shift from one MAPLIST to another, smaller maps can easily be distributed in separate ZIP files of each state. You should be able to find these map files on BBS's in your state. THose will be the most relliable source. I will collect everything sent to me and make it available on a separate disk called XTRAMAPS.zip for $19. The high price is to encourage you to find it elsewhere, hi hi. ALL APRS MAPFILES SHOULD CONFORM TO THE FOLLOWING RULES: INDIVIDUAL MAPS: If you send me a disk or FILE with individual maps in it, include a piece of paper with the exact LAT/LONG/RANGE and insertion instructions so that I can edit it into my MAPLIST. If you put this in a file, then DO NOT PUT ANY OTHER LAT/LONG/RANGE data in the same file that will confuse me, unless it is needed for heirarchical purposes. STATE MAP COORDINATORS: Please, DO NOT modify MAPLIST.APR, since it's integrity is my responsibility. When users unzip your files, there is too big a chance that they will unknowingly replace my distro copy of .APR with your modified copy! ALL mapnames should begin with your two letter STATE abbreviation. I know its hard, but is absolutely necessary for all of us to be able to make sense out of our ever growing MAP directories! Maintain a MAPLIST.XX which contains ONLY your XX state maps and all larger maps that contain your state all the way up to WORLD.map; nothing else. This file should always be in your zipped up map packages. All XX state map distribution packages should be named consistently as XXmapsNN.zip, where NN is the version number. Everyone can use that list to see the extent of your efforts. The version number lets everyone know whats new, and lets BBS SYSOPS know whats OLD and can be deleted. Distribute interim UPDATE files as XXaftrNN.zip. This file will contain all of the NEW maps and changes for state XX, AFTER version NN. If you want to try to maintain an overall MAPLIST directory which includes all maps that your users may be interested in including maps outside of your area, then name it MAPLIST.xxA. The xx identifies the state, but the A on the end clearly identifies it as including ALL that your users might want. They can use this MAPLIST.xxA in place of MAPLIST.APR and still have most of what everyone else has. With this standard nomenclature we can all keep track of whats going on.! APRS STATE MAP COORDINATORS! KA7UUS @ K7BUC.AZ Tuscon AZ KD6MKS Silver Lake CA W7KKE @ KA6EYH#nocal San Francisco CA did Digitizer and GPS code for MAPFIX WA4MEJ Jaxonville FL KD4UYR Clearwater FL N4FOR Savannah GA KG0DW & N0YKX & KI0Q IOWA IA KB5YRZ @ N5SSY#METLA New Orleans LA KD1E @ N8NNN.#SEMI Michigan MI W8VPD Michigan UPPER MI KU0G @ KU0G#NWMO.MO Kansas City MO Lots of maps! W4NMK Black Mountain NC N2FET New Jersey NJ KB8JXO @ W8CQK.#CMH.OH Columbus OH Over 50 maps! KG8GE Narion OH wrote CAD APRS map program! KD1HA @ KA1RCI.RI Rhode Island RI (new england) WB5DTW SanAntonio TX N3FKV Waco TX N4WJQ @ WA4TFZ.VA Charlottsville VA W8KVK West Va VA W9LZQ Onalaska WI The remainder of this file is a list of all of the maps that are no longer on the standard APRS distribution disk. These are MAPS that I used to distribute, but no longer. They are listed here in the same format as they would be in the MAPLIST.apr files. If you add them to your own MAPLIST.xxx file, be sure to place them in the right hierarchical order so that they follow any other maps of the same area that are larger. FILENAME, LAT, LONG, RANGE, COMMENTS EnglandN.map,57.5,4,224, M.Speacer HIOahu.map,21.5,158,18, by KB5UBW Toronto.map,43.66,79.38,12, by VE3TCI Alutians.map,51,167,400, CD AKAdak.map,50,178,550, CD but crosses dateline AKecen.map,63,148.5,260, CD AKneast.map,68,149,280, CD AKseast.map,59,148,330, CD AKiditW.map,64,160.5,160, CD AKiditE.map,62,153.5,140, CD Colorado.map,39,105.5,200, Sparse ND-SD-MN.map,46,98,300, Sparse SOUTHEST.map,36,81.5,400, Included in USAEAST IABoAmes.map,41.9,93.7,20, Combined Boone and Ames maps IAMET250.map,41.61,93.68,10, Metro-DM map by KG0DW, Vers 2.50 IADM250.map,41.61,93.68,6, DM & Suburbs by KG0DW, Vers 2.50 * The following OHIO maps are listed in the MAPLIST.OH file *************** OHPutBay.map,41.6,82.75,17, OHCMHmar.map,39.987,83,5, Columbus Marathon 93 OHFrFld.map,39.75,82.5,18, OHCMHdtn.map,39.96,83,2, DownTown Columbus OHCMHRIK.map,40.08,82.97,2 W8RIK neighborhood OHClntvl.map,40.03,83.01,2, HotBed of activity ILChgoHr.map,41.9,87.6,3, W9UWE *The following CALIF maps are listed in the MAPLIST.CA file ************** CASFBay.MAP,37.85,122.4,6, W7KKE Good CA_Mateo.map,37.5416,122.3166,9, W7KKE Halfmoon.map,37.38,122.45,11, W7KKE Good Detailed CA_Fremt.map,37.57,122.011,9, W7KKE Outstanding CAFstrCy.map,37.56,122.29,4, W7KKE Good CA_Daly.map,37.68,122.45,5, W7KKE Detailed Pacifica.map,37.592,122.473,6, W7KKE Detailed CA_Rwcty.map,37.46,122.24,9, W7KKE CA_SJC1.map,37.33,121.9,12, KD6IRE Detailed CA_Scruz.map,37.0,122.0,17, NW6U Detailed * more maps... ********************************************** WV.map,38.6,81,90, Included in OH-MI-WV for now Virginia.map,38,79,140, better detail than USAEAST, but not much VAalbmrl.map,38,78.53,17, Albemarle County VA (charlottsville) MDCkBayM.map,39.18,76.38,17,Good Bay detail N. of Bay Bridge to Aberdeen NCAshvle.map,35.55,82.53,7, *NewJersy.map,,,, FLPinels.map,27.87,82.62,12, Map by KD4UYR TXBexar.map,29.41,98.5,50, TXLaJita.map,29.5,103.75,20, by KB5UBW TXGdflw.map,31.437,100.408,3,by KB5UBW TXWaco.map,31.55,97.15,16, sketch from phone book OTHER KNOWN MAP DISTRIBUTION PACKAGES: AKmapsNN.zip Alaska CAmapsNN.zip California MOmapsNN.zip Missouri OHmapsNN.zip Ohio