I have not been able to consistently get NADCON 5.0 beta to work on the NGS web site when uploading a file. I follow the configuration examples, upload a file, and it LOOKS like it works, but I get an empty file when I download. I wish it would at least tell what the problem was. No error message is frustrating because you don't know what needs to be changed. .?ÿ
Joe Evjen of the NGS was kind enough to fix one of my input files, and it worked, but then I had a different situation, and it failed again, no explanation. Seems like no matter what I try, same thing.?ÿ
I realize it is a free software, and they are probably shorthanded, but I consider it to be an important tool that needs to work!?ÿ
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If it can't write an output file of values,?ÿ it should tell you what it choked on.?ÿ
In many cases where their programs don't work it has to do with very picky things in the input format.?ÿ I'd check things like making sure there is at least one digit after a decimal and maybe try 087 degrees instead of 87 degrees or vice versa.
I agree, it is some simple fix, but I wish they would tell you where the problem is. I write a lot of programs for my own use, and I make sure that it tells me exactly where the problem is, and I do a lot of checking of input data.?ÿ
An example of input format fussiness: I just now tried to convert XYZ to lat-lon-h.?ÿ Since I was only interested in an approximate location I didn't bother to type in the decimals, so the values looked like integers.?ÿ The NGS conversion utility would not take that until I put .0 on each one.