[aprssig] APRS Location to Text
Scott Miller
scott at opentrac.org
Wed Apr 23 15:19:14 EDT 2008
If you want to do it off-line (not relying on Google or something) then
you're going to need a database. I've done it using Oracle Spatial,
loaded with the USGS GNIS database for place names. Then it's a matter
of looking up the nearest population center and getting the distance to it.
There are a number of geocoding services online, but I'm not sure how
many free solutions you're going to find for stand-alone use...
Scott
N1VG
William McKeehan wrote:
> That type of text is the end result that I'm looking for; however, I'd rather
> know how findu generates that text so I could do it myself - maybe with some
> custom locations that I insert.
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