What - no rooftop maps in digital???
Submitted: Friday, Nov 13, 2015 at 15:42
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vk1dx
I just got this from a map retailer.
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Hi Phil,
Sorry but there are no digital versions of the Rooftop Maps available
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Is he correct?
Phil
Reply By: Member - Boobook - Sunday, Nov 15, 2015 at 08:50
Sunday, Nov 15, 2015 at 08:50
I was lucky enough to get most of the maps on digital about 6 years ago just before they stopped selling them in digital form. Since then I buy them in rolled form and get them scanned at a printing
shop and I geo reference them Costs about $15 per scan.
I spoke to Rooftop about 4 years ago, and the guy said h has no intention of releasing them in digital form again until he updates them all - in about 10 years at best..
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Follow Up By: vk1dx - Sunday, Nov 15, 2015 at 09:22
Sunday, Nov 15, 2015 at 09:22
Ten years. I won't need them then.
Cheers mate
Phil
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Follow Up By: Sigmund - Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 at 08:20
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 at 08:20
I'd heard that he got sick of people ripping them off.
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Follow Up By: vk1dx - Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 at 08:52
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 at 08:52
Now that really does make sense.
Phil
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Follow Up By: Sigmund - Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 at 08:57
Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 at 08:57
Yep.
As an example, one ground-breaking Australian science ebook was estimated by the authors to have been pirated 80,000 times.
Their next book was issued in hard copy only.
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