Marcus Hicks
EF2
I use paper maps FTW
After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.
I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.
For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.
From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.
Sincerely, Jeff D.
One thing to note on the Dakota's incident the only computer based mapping solution that showed the road ending was google maps not sure about earth but i would imagine its from the same database. How they knew it was no longer there i do not know i would assume use of satellite imagery they were able to determine the road was not there. ...
What people need to understand is that Delorme doesn't have the resources to fix roads on their maps that maybe one or two people use. I honestly doubt that anyone except the farmer with that land used that road, therefore it is pointless for them to fix their maps. Even so, SA2010 was released late last year, and considering the road was just recently plowed over, there would have been no time to make the correction.
The software also isn't intended to show dirt roads are dirt and paved roads as paved. The different roads on the maps as based on maintenance levels, not what the roads are made of. Virtually every back road in southern Wisconsin is paved, yet they show up with the same thing gray line as dirt roads in other states; why - because they are all local/county maintained roads. The maps are not intended to show the difference between paved and unpaved.
Every map is going to have inaccuracies. The problem was not with the software, the problem was the road was plowed over within the last year.