24 Feb 98 09:58, Bob Gearhart wrote to Maurice Kinal:
 BG>  Out there, I think it should also calculated the tide tables. A good
 BG>  fishing program would help you determine conditions for some date in
 BG>  the future, maybe keep records of experiences you've had in the past 
 BG> at
 BG>  those locations, etc.  Sharing info with "reliable" friends is a 
That was the basic idea along with maybe some GIF's, PCX, whatever of fish 
caught in these locations linked with these areas.  When you think about it 
the sky is the limit with this.  The only problem is making it compatible 
with existing VGA terminal packages or perhaps providing an ANSI/VGA freeware 
terminal so that people would use the GIS.  I have a terminal I wrote so all 
I would have to do is add the VGA capabilities.
 BG> great
 BG>  idea, maybe running a burst modem off ship to shore radio or 
 BG> something
 BG>  like that.  You would have to be pretty picky on whose data you 
 BG> would
 BG>  accept though, you know how us fisherman like to stretch the truth a
 BG>  tad.
I suppose it would have to be up to anyone wishing to access the program from 
a boat to take care of connections but I suppose it could be done.  As far as 
stretching the truth I suppose it could display info entered as "rumour has 
it" as opposed to "verified data".  That way the user can differentiate what 
they are reading there to determine the integrity of such data.  :)
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