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Board » Flag Officers » Races » Notice of race generated automatically from race info in client

I have setup an automatically generated notice of race. This is generated from race info sent to the client and is a textual description of what you see on the map.

Is this comprehendible or does the text need improvement?

Here is the output for race #141 VolvoSuursaariRace:

Notice of Race: VolvoSuursaariRace

Start Time: May 08 2009 16:00:00 UTC

Start Position: 60N07.8000 024E52.5000

Marks:

BRG is the bearing from ship to mark at scoring position.

 1: vs2          60N02.1960 024E53.8038 BRG 266 - pass East of the WP
 2: vs3          59N56.9380 024E54.0000 BRG 041 - pass South of the WP
 3: vs4          59N58.9998 025E35.9268 BRG 347 - pass South of the WP
 4: vs5          60N10.5060 026E38.8470 BRG 183 - pass North of the WP
 5: Hogland N    60N05.7000 026E57.5400 BRG 230 - pass East of the WP
 6: Hogland S    60N01.2000 027E00.1800 BRG 327 - pass South of the WP
 7: vs5          60N10.5060 026E38.8470 BRG 190 - pass North of the WP
 8: vs4          59N58.9998 025E35.9268 BRG 347 - pass South of the WP
 9: vs3          59N56.9380 024E54.0000 BRG 041 - pass South of the WP
10: vs2          60N02.1960 024E53.8038 BRG 266 - pass East of the WP

Finish Line:

Line between marks A and B at positions

 A: 60N07.7769 024E52.1028
 B: 60N07.8231 024E52.8972


http://sol.brainaid.de/notice/notice_141.txt
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The sea is lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to sail before I sleep, And miles to sail before I sleep.
Looks good Eddie,

The layout on screen is a bit off at the moment at least on my screen. The notice is a bit wide for the webpage.

Other then that it certainly a good way to provide some basic course info.
I am a ex-admin of SOL who joins in from time to time.

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