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I might be wrong, but it looks like an awesome rip offshore of POC and Port A and possibly Matty. Maybe a little farther out than a few day's ago. This is a pic from yesterday.
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does anybody have a spare advil?OffshoreAggie said:I make them myself. You ready...
I use a free program off the internet called GPS Trackmaker. First, I figured out how to load my GPS spots on the map. I did that by adding a few waypoints of a couple of places on the blank map and then exported the map as a text file. I opened the map as a text file with notepad and then saw how the waypoints were listed. I tinkered in Excel till I could get them the same way, then I pasted them into the text file and saved it. When I opened up the text file in GPS trackmaker...all my waypoints were there. Then I downloaded the seafloor countour lines and merged them with the map that came with the program. I downloaded a MODIS picture of the gulf. I inserted the picture in the map program. The map program needs the upper left and lower right latitude and longitude coordinates of the photo. You can look at the metadata of the image and that will give you those coordinates. Click on Map Image properties from the drop down menu, and give it the right coordinates. Calibrate the image...and there you go. I drew a track line from the POC jetties to the rip to get the distance. PM me if you want me to go through it with you or if you need help.
Leemo said:Man with your map skills and satellite images,I'm gonna make sure my wife has clothes on 24/7...