Mike,
Certainly, a web page is only one delivery mechanism for scores. When I
designed www.getscores.org, I built it using what's called "Web Services".
This is a programming interface which allows anyone, anywhere to get at the
scoring data. In fact, both the posting of scores to www.getscores.org,
and the display of scores on the web page, are the results of calling this
Web Service.
My point being: It's simply a matter of coding. Those who want to embed a
scores page in the logging software can do so by simply calling the Web
services API (An open-source SOAP based API, for the programmers out
there). Talk to your favorite software vendor about it.
I'm putting the finishing touches on an app that uses data from N1MMLogger
the Getscores Web Service API to plot data in realtime... QSOs, Mults, Score
-- so you can really see how your doing against a competitor.
73, Gerry, W1VE
PS. That web service can be extended to support real time log checking! An
interesting concept for an "internet scored" contest like a sprint!
----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Fatchett mike@mallardcove.com
I was not watching my score but I did notice that I was 20 Qso's behind the
next guy and had wished I had beat him!
<snip>
Maybe a web page is not the best way to get that info to the op. Maybe you
get updates every 10 mins that are displayed in your logging program or
maybe a ticker that rolls across the bottom of the screen etc. The web page
is just one delivery system.
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