I suppose someone that didn't have a PC available to run DXATLAS might
want a wall map. For myself, wall space is at a premium, so anything
that I can do with the PC is better for me than a wall map.

DxAtlas (available shareware at dxatlas.com, $29.95 registration after
some preview time) provides a wealth of information relative to what you
are describing. Not only can you set it for your QTH and display the
world as a map, you can click on a given location and it will give you
the bearing heading and distance! It also integrates well with other
packages such as IonoProbe, and a large group of other programs...
All much more useful than a wall map, in my estimation...

Thanks
--Rick AH7H

Chris W wrote:

Robert Haston wrote:

Google Earth will give you the coordinates of a point anywhere. There
are lots of free ways to convert lat long to bearing such as
trigonometry spreadsheets - or a GPS.


I'm obviously not explaining myself very well. I'm not trying to say I
have come up with some new revolutionary way to determine what heading
some place is from you. The ways of doing that are endless. Which one
is best, depends on the situation. Sure there are a number of places
you can purchase a map and draw radials on it. However the chances of
getting one that covers the area you want it to and having it centered
where you want it aren't very good. Drawing all that on a map by hand
is just way too much work if you ask me. I just think it is kind of
cool to have a large map hanging on my wall centered at my location with
radials going out. But hey I just like maps, guess that makes me weird.