±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: cgsimpson
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6645

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 886
Total: 886
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Community Forums
02: Downloads
03: Home
04: Community Forums
05: Community Forums
06: Photo Gallery
07: Home
08: Community Forums
09: Community Forums
10: Photo Gallery
11: Community Forums
12: News Archive
13: Community Forums
14: Community Forums
15: Photo Gallery
16: Member Screenshots
17: Community Forums
18: Member Screenshots
19: Photo Gallery
20: Downloads
21: Statistics
22: Downloads
23: News Archive
24: Downloads
25: Photo Gallery
26: Home
27: Downloads
28: Community Forums
29: Home
30: Community Forums
31: Community Forums
32: Downloads
33: Community Forums
34: Community Forums
35: Home
36: Your Account
37: Community Forums
38: Community Forums
39: Community Forums
40: Downloads
41: Downloads
42: Community Forums
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Home
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Community Forums
50: Community Forums
51: Community Forums
52: Home
53: Community Forums
54: Community Forums
55: Photo Gallery
56: Home
57: News Archive
58: Community Forums
59: Photo Gallery
60: Home
61: Community Forums
62: Downloads
63: Community Forums
64: Community Forums
65: Community Forums
66: Photo Gallery
67: Community Forums
68: Photo Gallery
69: Home
70: Community Forums
71: Downloads
72: Photo Gallery
73: Photo Gallery
74: CPGlang
75: Downloads
76: Photo Gallery
77: Photo Gallery
78: Community Forums
79: Photo Gallery
80: Home
81: Community Forums
82: Photo Gallery
83: Community Forums
84: Community Forums
85: Community Forums
86: Downloads
87: Community Forums
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Downloads
91: Member Screenshots
92: Community Forums
93: Community Forums
94: News Archive
95: Community Forums
96: Community Forums
97: Community Forums
98: Community Forums
99: Community Forums
100: Community Forums
101: Statistics
102: Community Forums
103: Community Forums
104: Home
105: Community Forums
106: Community Forums
107: Community Forums
108: Downloads
109: Community Forums
110: Community Forums
111: Your Account
112: Member Screenshots
113: Community Forums
114: Community Forums
115: Community Forums
116: Photo Gallery
117: Community Forums
118: Downloads
119: Community Forums
120: Downloads
121: Community Forums
122: Community Forums
123: CPGlang
124: Home
125: Community Forums
126: Home
127: Community Forums
128: Community Forums
129: CPGlang
130: Community Forums
131: Community Forums
132: Photo Gallery
133: Downloads
134: Community Forums
135: Community Forums
136: Community Forums
137: Statistics
138: Community Forums
139: Community Forums
140: Community Forums
141: Community Forums
142: Photo Gallery
143: Community Forums
144: Photo Gallery
145: Community Forums
146: Community Forums
147: Community Forums
148: Community Forums
149: Community Forums
150: Community Forums
151: Community Forums
152: Downloads
153: Photo Gallery
154: Community Forums
155: Community Forums
156: Your Account
157: Community Forums
158: Photo Gallery
159: Downloads
160: Photo Gallery
161: Community Forums
162: Community Forums
163: Community Forums
164: Community Forums
165: Community Forums
166: Photo Gallery
167: Community Forums
168: Downloads
169: Community Forums
170: Community Forums
171: Community Forums
172: CPGlang
173: CPGlang
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Community Forums
178: Community Forums
179: Community Forums
180: Statistics
181: Photo Gallery
182: Home
183: Downloads
184: Home
185: Community Forums
186: Downloads
187: Community Forums
188: Downloads
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: Downloads
192: Community Forums
193: Community Forums
194: CPGlang
195: Home
196: Community Forums
197: Community Forums
198: Community Forums
199: Home
200: Community Forums
201: Downloads
202: Photo Gallery
203: Community Forums
204: Community Forums
205: Photo Gallery
206: Community Forums
207: Home
208: Community Forums
209: Downloads
210: Photo Gallery
211: Community Forums
212: Community Forums
213: Community Forums
214: Photo Gallery
215: Downloads
216: CPGlang
217: Downloads
218: Community Forums
219: Photo Gallery
220: CPGlang
221: Community Forums
222: Your Account
223: Community Forums
224: Photo Gallery
225: Photo Gallery
226: CPGlang
227: Photo Gallery
228: Community Forums
229: Community Forums
230: Home
231: Downloads
232: Statistics
233: Photo Gallery
234: Community Forums
235: Downloads
236: CPGlang
237: News Archive
238: Photo Gallery
239: Community Forums
240: Community Forums
241: Downloads
242: Community Forums
243: Community Forums
244: Home
245: Community Forums
246: Community Forums
247: CPGlang
248: CPGlang
249: Community Forums
250: Photo Gallery
251: Community Forums
252: Community Forums
253: Community Forums
254: Photo Gallery
255: Community Forums
256: Community Forums
257: Community Forums
258: Community Forums
259: Photo Gallery
260: Community Forums
261: Community Forums
262: Home
263: Community Forums
264: Community Forums
265: Photo Gallery
266: Photo Gallery
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Home
270: Community Forums
271: Home
272: Community Forums
273: Community Forums
274: Photo Gallery
275: Photo Gallery
276: Community Forums
277: Community Forums
278: Community Forums
279: Community Forums
280: Community Forums
281: Community Forums
282: Community Forums
283: Community Forums
284: Community Forums
285: Member Screenshots
286: Community Forums
287: Community Forums
288: Community Forums
289: Photo Gallery
290: Community Forums
291: Downloads
292: Community Forums
293: Downloads
294: Community Forums
295: Community Forums
296: Home
297: Community Forums
298: Community Forums
299: Statistics
300: Photo Gallery
301: Community Forums
302: Home
303: Community Forums
304: Photo Gallery
305: Home
306: Photo Gallery
307: Downloads
308: Community Forums
309: Home
310: CPGlang
311: Photo Gallery
312: Member Screenshots
313: Community Forums
314: Photo Gallery
315: Community Forums
316: Community Forums
317: Downloads
318: Community Forums
319: Downloads
320: Community Forums
321: Community Forums
322: Member Screenshots
323: Community Forums
324: Community Forums
325: Home
326: Community Forums
327: Photo Gallery
328: Community Forums
329: Community Forums
330: Community Forums
331: Community Forums
332: Search
333: CPGlang
334: Home
335: Photo Gallery
336: Home
337: Statistics
338: Photo Gallery
339: Community Forums
340: Community Forums
341: Community Forums
342: Member Screenshots
343: Community Forums
344: Photo Gallery
345: Community Forums
346: Community Forums
347: Photo Gallery
348: Community Forums
349: Home
350: Photo Gallery
351: Downloads
352: Community Forums
353: Downloads
354: Community Forums
355: Community Forums
356: Downloads
357: Photo Gallery
358: Community Forums
359: Home
360: Downloads
361: Photo Gallery
362: Community Forums
363: Community Forums
364: Community Forums
365: Statistics
366: Community Forums
367: Community Forums
368: Home
369: Community Forums
370: Community Forums
371: Photo Gallery
372: Photo Gallery
373: Home
374: Home
375: Community Forums
376: Community Forums
377: Downloads
378: Community Forums
379: Photo Gallery
380: Community Forums
381: Community Forums
382: Community Forums
383: Community Forums
384: Community Forums
385: Community Forums
386: Search
387: Community Forums
388: Photo Gallery
389: Home
390: Photo Gallery
391: Home
392: Community Forums
393: Community Forums
394: Community Forums
395: Community Forums
396: Downloads
397: News Archive
398: Community Forums
399: Community Forums
400: Community Forums
401: Home
402: Community Forums
403: Community Forums
404: Community Forums
405: Community Forums
406: Community Forums
407: Community Forums
408: Community Forums
409: Your Account
410: Downloads
411: Downloads
412: Community Forums
413: Community Forums
414: Community Forums
415: Member Screenshots
416: CPGlang
417: Your Account
418: Community Forums
419: Your Account
420: Member Screenshots
421: Downloads
422: Community Forums
423: Community Forums
424: Photo Gallery
425: CPGlang
426: Community Forums
427: Community Forums
428: Photo Gallery
429: Downloads
430: Community Forums
431: Photo Gallery
432: Downloads
433: Home
434: Photo Gallery
435: CPGlang
436: Community Forums
437: Community Forums
438: Community Forums
439: Photo Gallery
440: Downloads
441: Community Forums
442: Community Forums
443: Photo Gallery
444: Photo Gallery
445: Downloads
446: Photo Gallery
447: Community Forums
448: Community Forums
449: Home
450: Community Forums
451: Home
452: Photo Gallery
453: Community Forums
454: Community Forums
455: News Archive
456: Community Forums
457: Community Forums
458: Photo Gallery
459: Community Forums
460: Community Forums
461: Home
462: Community Forums
463: Community Forums
464: Photo Gallery
465: Community Forums
466: Photo Gallery
467: Photo Gallery
468: Photo Gallery
469: Community Forums
470: Photo Gallery
471: Community Forums
472: Community Forums
473: Community Forums
474: Community Forums
475: CPGlang
476: Community Forums
477: Community Forums
478: Community Forums
479: Home
480: Home
481: Home
482: Community Forums
483: Photo Gallery
484: Photo Gallery
485: Community Forums
486: Community Forums
487: Photo Gallery
488: Photo Gallery
489: Downloads
490: Downloads
491: Community Forums
492: CPGlang
493: Photo Gallery
494: Community Forums
495: Community Forums
496: Home
497: Community Forums
498: Photo Gallery
499: Community Forums
500: Home
501: Community Forums
502: Home
503: Community Forums
504: Community Forums
505: Photo Gallery
506: Photo Gallery
507: Home
508: Community Forums
509: Community Forums
510: Community Forums
511: Home
512: Community Forums
513: Downloads
514: CPGlang
515: Community Forums
516: Community Forums
517: Home
518: News Archive
519: Community Forums
520: Community Forums
521: Community Forums
522: Community Forums
523: Home
524: Home
525: Community Forums
526: Statistics
527: Community Forums
528: Community Forums
529: Community Forums
530: Your Account
531: Home
532: Community Forums
533: Community Forums
534: Home
535: Community Forums
536: Community Forums
537: Downloads
538: Community Forums
539: Community Forums
540: Home
541: Community Forums
542: Downloads
543: Community Forums
544: Home
545: Photo Gallery
546: Your Account
547: Home
548: Community Forums
549: Community Forums
550: Community Forums
551: Your Account
552: Your Account
553: Community Forums
554: Downloads
555: Downloads
556: Community Forums
557: News Archive
558: Community Forums
559: Community Forums
560: Photo Gallery
561: Downloads
562: Community Forums
563: Community Forums
564: Photo Gallery
565: Community Forums
566: Home
567: Community Forums
568: Community Forums
569: Community Forums
570: Photo Gallery
571: Home
572: Home
573: Community Forums
574: Community Forums
575: Community Forums
576: Photo Gallery
577: Home
578: Community Forums
579: Community Forums
580: Home
581: Your Account
582: Community Forums
583: Community Forums
584: Community Forums
585: Community Forums
586: Community Forums
587: CPGlang
588: Community Forums
589: Home
590: Photo Gallery
591: Photo Gallery
592: Photo Gallery
593: Community Forums
594: Home
595: Community Forums
596: Community Forums
597: Downloads
598: Community Forums
599: Downloads
600: Community Forums
601: Downloads
602: Community Forums
603: Downloads
604: Community Forums
605: CPGlang
606: Photo Gallery
607: Downloads
608: Community Forums
609: Community Forums
610: Photo Gallery
611: Community Forums
612: Downloads
613: Photo Gallery
614: Community Forums
615: Community Forums
616: Community Forums
617: Community Forums
618: Downloads
619: Community Forums
620: Downloads
621: Community Forums
622: Community Forums
623: Community Forums
624: Photo Gallery
625: Photo Gallery
626: Photo Gallery
627: Community Forums
628: Downloads
629: Your Account
630: Community Forums
631: Community Forums
632: Photo Gallery
633: Photo Gallery
634: Community Forums
635: Home
636: Photo Gallery
637: Community Forums
638: Downloads
639: Community Forums
640: Community Forums
641: Community Forums
642: Community Forums
643: Community Forums
644: CPGlang
645: Community Forums
646: Home
647: Home
648: Community Forums
649: Community Forums
650: Photo Gallery
651: Your Account
652: Community Forums
653: Photo Gallery
654: CPGlang
655: Community Forums
656: Community Forums
657: Community Forums
658: Downloads
659: Photo Gallery
660: Community Forums
661: Home
662: Community Forums
663: Downloads
664: Community Forums
665: Community Forums
666: Community Forums
667: Downloads
668: Community Forums
669: Community Forums
670: Photo Gallery
671: Home
672: Community Forums
673: Home
674: Home
675: Home
676: Community Forums
677: Home
678: Community Forums
679: Community Forums
680: Community Forums
681: Community Forums
682: Community Forums
683: Community Forums
684: Community Forums
685: Photo Gallery
686: News
687: Home
688: Photo Gallery
689: Community Forums
690: Community Forums
691: Community Forums
692: Photo Gallery
693: Community Forums
694: Community Forums
695: Community Forums
696: Community Forums
697: Community Forums
698: Photo Gallery
699: Photo Gallery
700: Photo Gallery
701: Photo Gallery
702: Community Forums
703: Community Forums
704: Community Forums
705: Community Forums
706: Community Forums
707: Community Forums
708: CPGlang
709: Photo Gallery
710: Community Forums
711: Member Screenshots
712: Community Forums
713: CPGlang
714: Community Forums
715: Photo Gallery
716: Community Forums
717: Community Forums
718: Community Forums
719: Home
720: Photo Gallery
721: Community Forums
722: Photo Gallery
723: Photo Gallery
724: Community Forums
725: Community Forums
726: Photo Gallery
727: Community Forums
728: Downloads
729: Photo Gallery
730: Your Account
731: Home
732: Community Forums
733: Home
734: Community Forums
735: Member Screenshots
736: CPGlang
737: Statistics
738: Member Screenshots
739: Community Forums
740: Community Forums
741: Community Forums
742: Community Forums
743: Community Forums
744: Downloads
745: Member Screenshots
746: Photo Gallery
747: Community Forums
748: Community Forums
749: Community Forums
750: Home
751: Community Forums
752: Home
753: Community Forums
754: Downloads
755: Photo Gallery
756: Downloads
757: Community Forums
758: News Archive
759: Community Forums
760: Community Forums
761: Community Forums
762: Member Screenshots
763: Photo Gallery
764: Community Forums
765: Statistics
766: Community Forums
767: Community Forums
768: Statistics
769: Community Forums
770: Community Forums
771: Community Forums
772: Community Forums
773: Community Forums
774: Community Forums
775: Photo Gallery
776: Community Forums
777: Community Forums
778: Home
779: Member Screenshots
780: Photo Gallery
781: Your Account
782: Downloads
783: Community Forums
784: Community Forums
785: Member Screenshots
786: Community Forums
787: Downloads
788: Community Forums
789: Your Account
790: Photo Gallery
791: Community Forums
792: Community Forums
793: Community Forums
794: CPGlang
795: Community Forums
796: Downloads
797: Community Forums
798: Community Forums
799: Community Forums
800: Your Account
801: Community Forums
802: Community Forums
803: Community Forums
804: Community Forums
805: Community Forums
806: Home
807: Community Forums
808: Community Forums
809: Community Forums
810: Photo Gallery
811: Community Forums
812: Community Forums
813: Community Forums
814: Community Forums
815: Community Forums
816: Community Forums
817: Community Forums
818: Community Forums
819: Community Forums
820: Community Forums
821: Community Forums
822: Community Forums
823: Home
824: Photo Gallery
825: Home
826: Statistics
827: Community Forums
828: Community Forums
829: Community Forums
830: Statistics
831: Community Forums
832: Community Forums
833: Photo Gallery
834: Member Screenshots
835: Community Forums
836: Home
837: Community Forums
838: CPGlang
839: Community Forums
840: CPGlang
841: Home
842: Home
843: Community Forums
844: Community Forums
845: Community Forums
846: Community Forums
847: CPGlang
848: Community Forums
849: Community Forums
850: Downloads
851: Community Forums
852: CPGlang
853: Downloads
854: Community Forums
855: Community Forums
856: Community Forums
857: Community Forums
858: Home
859: Community Forums
860: Downloads
861: Photo Gallery
862: News Archive
863: Community Forums
864: Community Forums
865: Community Forums
866: Community Forums
867: Community Forums
868: Community Forums
869: Community Forums
870: Home
871: Home
872: Photo Gallery
873: Downloads
874: Community Forums
875: Home
876: Community Forums
877: CPGlang
878: Photo Gallery
879: Community Forums
880: Photo Gallery
881: Downloads
882: Photo Gallery
883: Downloads
884: Home
885: Community Forums
886: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Massimo_Foti
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2008
Posts: 5397
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:56 am
Post subject: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

I am looking into a project that will require a database storing locations and historical AFVs. In order to refine my ideas I have been looking at existing country registers for the USA, Canada, Belgium, France and Poland (thank you guys for the hard work!).

I see they all group locations by states/regions/provinces. Now, I am not sure I always agree with this approach. Grouping things by state in the USA is a good thing for sure, it's a huge country with too many locations, but I wonder if it's worth doing the same for other countries too. I know for sure it's not worth splitting Switzerland into cantons, and I believe it would be overkill to split Italy in 20 regions while I have to handle 70 locations at most.

On top of that I assume many foreign people will have no idea about where swiss cantons or italian regions are located, just like I know almost nothing about french regions, belgian provinces or german lands.

Since this is going to be a web-based project, I think I could do something along the lines of what Trevor is doing on preservedtanks.com, leveraging Googlemaps and storing data for states only for USA based locations.

What do you think about it, do you feel the need to group locations by region/canton/district even outside the USA?

Thanks in advance for any feedback

Massimo
Back to top
View user's profile
L.Delsing
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Feb 10, 2006
Posts: 960

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:44 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

Hello Massimo,
I have put everything (only MBTs) in a access database and don't use word or so anymore



I have a column in this database for the province/region/canton etc, but I almost never use it. But when needed it is there. There are more columns with various details which are not on the picture.

Regards,
Lesley


Last edited by L.Delsing on Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:05 pm; edited 2 times in total
Back to top
View user's profile
JimWeb
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1439
Location: The back of beyond
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 1:24 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

I have an iPhone version coming out soon as part of my JED app (its about to go to iTunes for approval) and I am listing monuments by country, region, town/city, address in that order. Probably best to include include the region as quite a few countries have locations with similar names.

One of the other things that will be included in the next version will be an equipment identifier...

_________________
TTFN
Jim

If your not a member of JED then your
not serious about anything military..

***********************
www.jedsite.info
JED Military Equipment
***********************
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
the_shadock
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: May 27, 2006
Posts: 2865
Location: Normandy, France
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 7:46 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

- Massimo_Foti
What do you think about it, do you feel the need to group locations by region/canton/district even outside the USA?


Outside the USA I don't know, but for Russia and France you will need at least the regions.

In France, some towns have the same name from a department to another.. sometimes the only way to differentiate a town from another is to have the department number, but the most reliable piece of information is the postal code, so that you are sure it's the good location (there are 100 departments in France, incl. overseas).

P-O

_________________
soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com

Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website MSN Messenger
bsmart
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 23, 2006
Posts: 2523
Location: Central Maryland
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:28 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

I think including something like postal codes is good also. In the U.S. there are sometimes variations of twon or city names but having the 5 digit ZIP code assigned by the post office can tell you if they are the same. It can also help you determine what towns in larger states (like Texas, California, New York, etc) are nearby and worth trying to see in the same trip or if they are on the other side of the state. (They also can help you find locations that are just across stae lines from where you are) I think most countries have some form of postal code.

Oh and of course LAT/LONG is always useful with GPS and Google maps

_________________
Bob Smart ([email protected])
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail
Massimo_Foti
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2008
Posts: 5397
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 8:42 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

Thanks all for the feedback. I understimate the issue of places with similar/same name. I think I'll go with postal codes, because in order to properly handle regions/cantons/departments and referential integritty, I would have to list all of them inside a separated table that have to be populated upfront.

Massimo
Back to top
View user's profile
JimWeb
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1439
Location: The back of beyond
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:21 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

So we need to encourage people to post the gogglemaps link & the GPS co-ordinates!

_________________
TTFN
Jim

If your not a member of JED then your
not serious about anything military..

***********************
www.jedsite.info
JED Military Equipment
***********************
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Massimo_Foti
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Apr 08, 2008
Posts: 5397
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:45 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

Sure! I keep a little personal googlemap of places I visited or would like to visit:
maps.google.com/maps/m...d69b3f&z=4

Feel free to ask if you have questions about some less-know italian or swiss places

Massimo
Back to top
View user's profile
armyjunk2
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Sep 22, 2006
Posts: 1416

PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:51 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

I like Access due to the ability to sort in many different ways, it can be sorted by any of the columns and the hyperlink feature for photos. I use it for my WWI artillery list.

Back to top
View user's profile
the_shadock
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: May 27, 2006
Posts: 2865
Location: Normandy, France
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:56 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

- Massimo_Foti
Thanks all for the feedback. I understimate the issue of places with similar/same name.


just a typical example, for France.

If you want to go from Armancourt (80700) to Armancourt (60880), you have to drive 47 kilometers :



and I have other examples of the same problem//

FORTUNATELY THERE ARE NO TANKS AT ARMANCOURT

P-O

_________________
soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com

Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website MSN Messenger
Joe_D
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 2066
Location: Razorback Country
PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 11:07 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

So we need to encourage people to post the gogglemaps link & the GPS co-ordinates!


I may not post a Google map but I do post the co-ordinates Smile .

I know it's kinda lazy, but I don't even bother getting street addresses anymore, since those can be very confusing. Google/Bing/Mapquest don't give exact locations for them either.

_________________
Joe_D
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
L.Delsing
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Feb 10, 2006
Posts: 960

PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 8:17 am
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

@ Armyjunk2: how do you make the hyperlink to your pictures?

@ Joe D: coordinates are indeed very nice, especially in the field. Instead of ''tank located at training area x'' you have an exact location!
regards,
Lesley
Back to top
View user's profile
Tichenor
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 06, 2007
Posts: 461
Location: Antwerp
PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:08 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

Hi Massimo

The region/state/province question is the same i had last year (or the year before that), my conclusion was almost the same as what P-O says. For instance Kapellen in Belgium (alot of armour there) There are two or three of them in Belgium, without the province (or the postal code) you will be driving a lot around Belgium. Coordinates are great, only there are some locations the governement is't very happy about when they are published. So that gets us back to the state/province/region or the postal code.

Michel
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Michel_Krauss
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Oct 30, 2009
Posts: 953
Location: Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:21 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

Coordinates are great, only there are some locations the governement is't very happy about when they are published.


If the goverment is not to happy about publishing some locations, they also will not be happy when some-one show's up uninvited
Not even considering the fact that the person may starts taking picture's

In my opinion the big disadvantage of using postal codes or similair, you will need the internet to get an location
And even then it will be very hard to find because they are an national thing
I have tried it with my own postal code at Google.co.uk (so an English site and not Dutch) and my home town is not within the first 100 hits
And I know where to find it, so it is not suited for international use

You will need something that can be used in combination with an travel guide like Garmin or TomTom

So geographic coordinates or street, town, etc
Then people can use it during vacation, whatever

If some-one want to try an postalcode in Holland: 5825 AM
Michel aka Tichenor, you will find it Wink

Michel

_________________
I'm Not Crazy, I'm Just Not You
Back to top
View user's profile
Tichenor
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Dec 06, 2007
Posts: 461
Location: Antwerp
PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 3:34 pm
Post subject: Re: About AFV databases, locations, regions and the like

Michel

easy, even not so far from where I live ( should I mention it's Overloon?)

What I wanted to say with the governement thing is that here in Belgium every army base has open doors, public days and so one. Easy to get the coordinates then ( and pictures), but the latest time there are people thinking google earth and stuff like that is maybe not such a great thing. I know Holland has the same "problem".

michel
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 1 of 2
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page 1, 2  Next



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum