CWOP Information for DF1VB-1 (AS338) in Dortmund, DE

The following information is known about DF1VB-1. If you think that any information is incorrect, then please follow the instructions for correcting that data item.

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Registered Location

Latitude: 51° 26' 16" N (deg min sec), 51.4378° (decimal), 5126.27N (LORAN)
Longitude: 7° 32' 43" E (deg min sec), 7.5453° (decimal), 00732.72E (LORAN)
Elevation: 134 meters (439 feet) -- validated against 127 meters (417 feet) from SRTM.C_1TO19_3
Location: Dortmund, DE
Station type/software: WsWinAPRS 2.93.17 / LaCrosse 2310/2315

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DF1VB-1' marker) will display the latitude/longitude of that point.

If the displayed location (or elevation) of the weather observing location is incorrect, please drag the marker to the right location (or click in the right location), and then send the updated information. Please note that we are trying to spot either the Stevenson Screen (or equivalent) or the location where the barometric readings are taken.

NOTE: The Registered Location is the location that the station owner provided when they signed up with CWOP.

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'DF1VB-1' marker on the map is:

Latitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)
Longitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please upload them to Flickr (detailed instructions) and add the two tags 'wxtagged' and 'wx:cwop=as338'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs. (There are some) (There are none) (There may be some) (Automatically loaded if any)

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Clicking on the map above will redo the search centered on the clicked point.

Status: 3 found.

Clicking on the map above will redo the search centered on the clicked point.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the selected point by clicking on Find nearby photographs.

Neighboring Stations

This is a list of stations that are close to this station.

You can also subscribe to an RSS feed to tell you when new stations come online in this area. Choose either within 100 miles or 250 miles .

Site	Distance		Location
CW3780	5.4 miles	South	Hohenlimburg, DE (lat 51.3610°, long 7.5688°, altitude 145 meters)
EDLW	6.3 miles	Northeast	Dortmund / Wickede, Germany (lat 51.5183°, long 7.6122°, altitude 127 meters) (data present)
DL3DCW	11.0 miles	Southwest	Ennepetal, DE (lat 51.3123°, long 7.3872°, altitude 323 meters) (data present)
10418	13.8 miles	South	Luedenscheid, Germany (lat 51.2500°, long 7.6500°, altitude 392 meters)
CW8336	14.5 miles	South	Dortmund, DE (lat 51.2333°, long 7.6200°, altitude 339 meters)
EDLA	15.6 miles	East	Arnsberg Menden (lat 51.4833°, long 7.8993°, altitude 241 meters)
DW1511	18.4 miles	Southwest	Wuppertal, DE (lat 51.2670°, long 7.2175°, altitude 214 meters) (data present)
DB0WXR	20.8 miles	Northwest	Recklinghausen, DE (lat 51.6472°, long 7.1990°, altitude 68 meters) (data present)
EDLH	21.0 miles	Northeast	Lippewiesen (lat 51.6900°, long 7.8167°, altitude <unknown> meters)
EDLM	21.9 miles	Northwest	Loemuhle (lat 51.6470°, long 7.1637°, altitude <unknown> meters)

Location Formats

The location is shown in three different formats. Each of these is used in some software, and is shown on some websites.

Degrees Minutes Seconds: VWS/VWSAPRS, WeatherLink 5.5, WeatherLink (5.2-5.4), WeatherView (Linux)

Decimal degrees: FreeWX, WeatherView32 (PC application)

LORAN: WeatherDisplay, WUHU, Henriksen WServer

Resources

CWOP Home: This describes the whole CWOP program and has a large amount of useful information.

CWOP Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

APRS WX Message format: This describes the actual format of the messages transmitted that carry WX information.

WXQC Mailing List: This is a mailing list where data quality issues are discussed. Assistance with software configuration can often be found here.

Topo Map Reading Guide: How to read USGS topographic maps, with a good section on reading contours.

Geographically nearby web pages: Use Geourl to find web pages that deal with locations geographically close to this site.

Website comments, problems etc to

Philip Gladstone

Last modified Wednesday, 07 January 2009
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