[BC] Topozone: requiescat in pace

[Mark Humphrey]

Looks like Topozone is another unfortunate victim of "consolidation".

If most of your work is concentrated in one state or region, I would
recommend the TOPO! CD-ROMs published by National Geographic.  A
couple of years ago, I purchased a set of these covering the Northeast
(for use with rfInvestigator) and copied them over to the hard drive
in my laptop.   NY, PA, NJ and all of New England requires a total of
8 GB.   The raster images are quite clear and can be used for mobile
tracking with a GPS receiver.   Waypoints can also be imported from a
GPS and displayed on the map.  There a menu option to add a "street
map" overlay which identifies most of the minor urban streets that
aren't usually labeled on the USGS maps.  The datum can also be
switched between NAD 27 and NAD 83/WGS 84.

The terrain database in TOPO! is quite accurate and will easily plot
high-resolution radial terrain profiles from a common point.  I
frequently use this feature to evaluate potential translator sites for
terrain clearance towards population centers.

Of course, I wish it also included 4/3 earth curvature and a path loss
calculator, but that's probably asking too much for a program intended
for hikers.

Mark



On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Dana  Puopolo <dpuopolo at usa.net> wrote:
> Topozone also had a eat feature that allowed you to move your mouse around
> the
> map and watch the coordinates change at the bottom. Dead accurate too-I used
> it to site a few FM transmitters.
>
> Alas, it's all gone now...and I'm wlling to bet so are most of their 'hits'
> too!
>
>