[amsat-bb] Re: Mapping contacts

[laura halliday <marsgal42@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ed asked:

> Are there ways to have an image like a map of the US and update it with each
> satellite contact? Where the map would show my home QTH and then show a dot,
> icon, etc, where the  contacts grid is? This would be something I could keep
> as an image or print when needed.

You could use something like Google Earth or Google Maps.
If I can email my Mom kml files of where I drove last weekend,
you should be able to log your satellite contacts. :-)

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