• 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.

StreetAtlas geographical features

Mike Umscheid

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I just got an e-mail from Delorme announcing the StreetAtlas 2007. I have been an avid user of SA9 for a long time now. I tried StreetAtlas 2004 and didn't like it, un-installed it awhile back and used SA9 again. Then this season, one of my chase partners was chastizing me for still using SA9, and gave me his SA2004 disc. I loaded it again to remember why I didn't like using it. Where have all the great geographical features gone that were on SA9? Here is an illustration from a portion of Grand Teton NP at about the same zoom level:

Great detail in SA9 geographical places
Poor detail in SA2004 geographical places.

Also, for all the mountain peaks, SA9 displays its elevation, SA2004 just names the peak w/o elevation. Also, when it comes to mountain passes... 2004 SUCKS. No Teton Pass, Beartooth Pass, Dunraven Pass, I could go on and on. SA9 has all of these passes in Northwest Wyoming.

Here is my question: Since this was a huge downgrade for me in the SA2004 edition, have the 2005 and 2006 improved geographical places to the quality of SA9?? If not, then my days of being a Delorme customer are numbered. Can anyone offer a screencapture for me of the same portion of Grand Teton NP for comparison in 2005 and 2006 editions?

Thanks.
 
Mike Umscheid said:
Can anyone offer a screencapture for me of the same portion of Grand Teton NP for comparison in 2005 and 2006 editions?
Click to expand...

Mike, your links above did not work for me but here’s a shot of SA 2006.

sa2006.jpg
 
My image looks the same as Eric's above and I have all of the minor interests, etc. on for viewing, but there just isn't anything there. Looking at SA9, it almost looks as if it is better for detail by far...
 
Thanks Jayson and Eric. I posted this on the Delorme forums as well, and got about the same response. It's unacceptable for me. I will either start using Delorme Topo software now or just keep using SA9.. .Ugh. Now that I got a faster laptop, I should be able to run Topo without much problem
 
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