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| SOTA by Public Transport | ====== SOTA by Public Transport ====== |
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| SOTA - Summits On The Air - is a popular activity scheme enjoyed by radio amateurs globally. The Summits are high points identified by the scheme, usually requiring some effort to get to, and often set in a rugged, sometimes remote natural landscape. The challenge is to reach a selected summit location and to use radio to communicate with other amateurs. This takes a combination of planning, expertise & technique, and a measure of determination, to achieve. Working amateur radio on a summit is known as Activation. Summits are accorded differing points according to the difficulty of operation. Accruing points in the scheme entitles participants to progressive awards to reflect incremental achievement. | SOTA - Summits On The Air - is a popular activity scheme enjoyed by radio amateurs globally. The Summits are high points identified by the scheme, usually requiring some effort to get to, and often set in a rugged, sometimes remote natural landscape. The challenge is to reach a selected summit location and to use radio to communicate with other amateurs. This takes a combination of planning, expertise & technique, and a measure of determination, to achieve. Working amateur radio on a summit is known as Activation. Summits are accorded differing points according to the difficulty of operation. Accruing points in the scheme entitles participants to progressive awards to reflect incremental achievement. |
| Problem solving starts by understanding the question. | Problem solving starts by understanding the question. |
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| The Question | ===== The Question ===== |
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| How can I get from my home to walking distance from a SOTA summit using only public transit? | How can I get from my home to walking distance from a SOTA summit using only public transit? |
| Writing efficient code involved subdividing the datasets (to manage the otherwise prohibitive compute requirement), and handling differing location information (to allow for variation between data sources) which also took some iteration. The solutions also accommodate some different file formats (although further region-specific variation is expected despite established standards for transit data). | Writing efficient code involved subdividing the datasets (to manage the otherwise prohibitive compute requirement), and handling differing location information (to allow for variation between data sources) which also took some iteration. The solutions also accommodate some different file formats (although further region-specific variation is expected despite established standards for transit data). |
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| How does it work? | ===== How does it work? ===== |
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| SOTAFilter filters SOTA summits against public transport infrastructure. The user is then free to use a journey planner app to solve the route problem more reliably. The remaining planning step is to confirm scheduling to suit the planned summit activation. | SOTAFilter filters SOTA summits against public transport infrastructure. The user is then free to use a journey planner app to solve the route problem more reliably. The remaining planning step is to confirm scheduling to suit the planned summit activation. |
| Hamhiker with an example summit, nearest transit stop, and a walk-in approach route imported | Hamhiker with an example summit, nearest transit stop, and a walk-in approach route imported |
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| Future development | ===== Future development ===== |
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| SOTAFilter & Hamhiker are already useful tools to help radio amateurs in the planning phase of SOTA activations, but this is not finished work - there is room for other capabilities to augment existing functionality, and to extend or combine it’s use. Such developments are likely to exploit the interconnection between various sites and databases, and implement different approaches to improve efficiency or broaden options. | SOTAFilter & Hamhiker are already useful tools to help radio amateurs in the planning phase of SOTA activations, but this is not finished work - there is room for other capabilities to augment existing functionality, and to extend or combine it’s use. Such developments are likely to exploit the interconnection between various sites and databases, and implement different approaches to improve efficiency or broaden options. |
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| Additional links: | ===== Additional links: ===== |
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| SOTAFilter Github repository https://github.com/iron-bun/SOTAFilter | SOTAFilter Github repository https://github.com/iron-bun/SOTAFilter |
