[FADCA] Navagation Map

[Freeman Crosby]

Hi all,

I have added the "help" text that Bud sent with a clickable area on the map 
which brings the help up in the right pane. The User can keep the 
information for his intended switch visible in the left pane  while he 
makes his connection using the instructions in the right one.
If you have suggestions as to changes in the help text let us know.

I think the use of different colored dots for frequencies rather than the 
whole circle would work best. The present green circles are transparent and 
overlap nicely and Bob did a great job getting the whole state to show. The 
coverage is impressive and I think for our use the map is fine as is.

I have been adding the clickable dots here and can change colors as LANs 
are activated on the map and can handle the various colors if that is 
decided. We can have a legend indicating these and I can color code them in 
the LAN data pane as well. Not sure we need this feature but open for comment.

I will increase the size of the clicklable area as large as possible in 
each instance around the dots keeping these from overlapping as I add sites.

I have added default navigation links to reset the system if someone comes 
in from a search engine and hits a page designed to be in a frame, I really 
get provoked when I hit a page with no way out !

I have also re-designed the lower left frame so users can navigate the site 
from there by LAN name. In the future we can have a detailed map of each 
LAN pop into the RH frame when they click here OR when they click on the 
individual LAN.

In your testing please indicate if you encounter any irregularities in 
navigation such as a page that comes up in the wrong frame etc. or you get 
to a dead end.

This project was done in a hurry and may still have some bugs.

I NEED DATA to fill in the LANs !

Bud has sent me the info on Orlando, Daytona Beach & DeLand
Anyone sending it should include:

Location (City)
Frequency
Switch Mycall
List of BBS calls and quick connects
List of EOCs and quick connects
Sponsor(s)
Contacts

In the format that Bud has used for his data so they can all look alike.

I need an opinion as to when to active it on the web page, we can put it up 
now with the three active sites or wait till we have more input.

As each LAN's data is provided  a  new dot will appear.

Check it out at:
http://fadca.org/map

73/Free
W1NPR








At 06:58 AM 09/20/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Deltona
>Friday September 20 0630EST
>
>The interactive network navigation map that Bob N4WFH and Free N1NPR have 
>been working on is intended to be only a resource for finding the 
>essentials to make a network connection.
>
>Those essentials are:
>
>What LAN frequency to use
>
>Target station mycall
>
>Mycall of the LAN switch where the user is starting
>
>Numeric address of the LAN where the target is listening.
>
>Since there are not many individuals on packet (yet!) - BBS on LANs can be 
>used to test navigation.
>
>The map is working just fine right now.
>
>A user, knowing where he is physically located on the map, can hold the 
>mouse over that circle/dot and the LAN frequency,switch call, and address 
>pop up.  He can then move his cursor to the circle/dot where his target is 
>located and find the numeric address he needs.  If he clicks on the dot, 
>the left pane will show him the following:
>
>Location (City)
>Frequency
>Switch Mycall
>List of BBS calls and quick connects
>List of EOCs and quick connects
>Sponsor(s)
>Contacts
>
>This is following the KISS principle - It offers nothing more than is 
>needed to navigate the network.  Any other information would be 
>superfluous for this level of interaction.
>
>I'd like to see the circles be different colors representing the LAN 
>frequencies.
>
>I will send Free a draft "how to navigate" script to see how that might 
>fit.. but I'm not sure if even that is needed.
>
>Other than that, I'm ready to sign off on this one.
>
>Do I have other ideas for expanding this map? Oh, yes, but I say lets get 
>this one with up to date location information and go with it now.  I'd 
>like to see this map working on line before October 5th when we meet in 
>Bradenton.
>
>We definitely need a more accurate and detailed map for planning 
>purposes.  This one would have the spots accurately plotted and lines 
>representing backbones connecting the dots.  Clicking around on this map 
>could bring up all sorts of valuable information (lat/long, antenna gain, 
>antenna height, antenna azimuth if a beam, power to the antenna, 
>etc,).  This map would not be published or available on the net except on 
>a secure site if that.
>
>73,
>bud N0IA
>
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