• 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.

Mapping Software Needed

Tony Laubach

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I am looking for mapping software, something like Google Maps (Google Earth Pro may fit the bill for this) where I can overlay various layers of information.

For instance, I want to be able to put a layer of points over a map, then on another layer, put a shaded polygon or smooth outline of an area. I would like to try and measure the square area of that shaded area. I would also like to be able to zoom the map in and out with those layers active and they remain in scale. Lastly, I would like to be able to display these on a website where a user could toggle these layers on and off. The map itself is fine in 2-D (looking straight down) and has a setup similar to Google Maps (toggle between map and satellite).

Figure a budget of $1000, so I am looking for something more advanced than free that could be used on websites, etc.

I have looked a Google Earth Pro, but honestly do not know based on their website if it will do the tasks I am looking for. I was hopeful for confirmation o this, or someone else's experience with this type of software.
 
The free version of Google Earth will do a number of these tasks, such as the shaded polygon and the points overlay. I'm not sure if you can display Google Earth Pro on a website for an interactive display. I haven't looked that far into it yet, but I know several folks who have built interactive radar overlays for regular Google maps. I would assume something like what you want could be done just as easily.
 
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