Well done Robert! I have just loaded your file into Google Earth and it works brilliantly. Thank You, ROSS
PS: Please note new mobile number. R. _________________________________________________ Ross McLean mobile: +61 488 270 105 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Hart Sent: Monday, 12 May 2008 7:01 PM To: aus >> "Soaring in Australia." Subject: [Aus-soaring] Decodes for area met briefings Hi folks Those of you who are interested in the weather will have experienced the hassles of decoding the the locations used for trough lines and such in the otherwise excellent Area Briefings from the met office and Air Services. For example, today's area 41 briefing includes the following... OVERVIEW: ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS E YLRE/BRR. WIND: 2000 5000 7000 10000 14000 18500 VRB/10 090/10 VRB/10 VRB/10 MS01 VRB/10 MS06 240/15 MS15 AMD CLOUD: ISOL CB 6500/20000 E YAPH/YGDA TILL 11Z SCT ST 1500/3000 IN PRECIPITATION BKN CU/SC 5000/15000 E YMNY/YJAK Now, whilst you might remember after a couple of lookings up in ERSA that YLRE is Longreach aerodrome, you still then need to find that on a map to work out what's going on (although for Longreach, I suspect that most of us have some idea where that is)! As for BRR, I have no idea what that is (it turns out that it's Barringun LDM, right on the NSW/Qld Border on the road between Bourke and Cunnamulla) - and the others (well, at least they are ICAO airfield codes)??? You might think that YJAK was Jackson, and you'd be right - except it's not the Jackson between Miles and Yuleba that we in SE Qld know - but out south west of Quilpie! So, even when you have a name from the code things are still difficult. ERSA does give the lat/long of the points - but only in the ENCODE section, so once you have decoded something, you then have to look up in the ENCODE section to get a lat/long to find it on a map. All of this makes life a bit more than just a pain in the ass for us casual met briefing users and I suspect that regular users are still regularly stumped by what a code is and where it is... Modern technology to the rescue! With some initial assistance, I have been able to create a Google Earth file (VFR_Codes.kml) that plots these points on Google Earth. You can find this on my website at http://www.hart.wattle.id.au/alice/gliding/index.html If you load this into Google Earth, you will find an alphabetical listing of all these codes and clicking on any of these codes makes it visible to you on Google Earth. Please note *I do not guarantee the accuracy of the information in this file, so use it or otherwise at your own discretion.* Hope this is of use to people - now I must really get back to some study, which is what I'm supposed to be doing today!!! -- Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au -- Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
