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Ask questions here
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:01 pm
by Randi
Get your general questions answered here - so you can do better transcriptions and we can improve our help!
If your questions are related to a specific ship, please go to the
Shipyard and post them in the appropriate topic.
If you need help with posting your question, go to
Making your first post.
Link to PRINT of
Ask Questions Here topic from old forum.
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Mon May 11, 2020 5:21 pm
by Randi
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Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:58 pm
by Hanibal94
If "Lying to" is used for course and/or distance in the Weather columns, should it be transcribed as such?
For example:
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 9_0007.JPG
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 11:15 pm
by Michael
Good question. You can add it. When I see it, I'll put 0 in for distance. Or, you could put in a zero for distance and note Lying to in Events. Option 1 is easiest for you, and troubles me not.
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:56 am
by Hanibal94
Alright - in that case, I would like to request a new abbreviation:
Ly = Lying to
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2020 2:10 pm
by Michael
Done.
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 9:11 pm
by bluemuffin78
Sorry if this isn't the correct board to ask. Is it possible to hide the red text that is generated from one of the wizards in the spreadsheets. I've found it is hiding some of the information on the events pages. Thanks
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 9:33 pm
by Randi
This is the correct board
I don't know of a way.
I temporarily drag the spreadsheet out of the way and then move it back.
You can also open the log page in your browser (Open In Browser button).
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 9:39 pm
by bluemuffin78
Ah thanks. I forgot you could open it in a browser. I'll do that next time
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 10:34 pm
by Michael
If you enter a space in a cell somewhere to the left right of the cell with the red text, the red text will be truncated there.
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 6:57 pm
by bluemuffin78
The 8am longitude on this page has a symbol next to it (rather than DR or Obs). The symbols guide you have mentions that this is longitude by the Sun. How would you like it transcribed?
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 3_0150.JPG
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Fri May 21, 2021 7:03 pm
by Randi
I think that indicates sunrise.
Or it may be simply the altitude of the sun:
https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 1-0004.JPG
(from
Directions for keeping the ship's log & Sample log pages)
According to
Bowditch it is the altitude of the lower limb of the sun.
(from
Resources for nautical and military terminology
In either case it would be observed.
The fact that they scratched out DR would support that.
You can add a Transcriber Comment to clarify the situation
I joined to transcribe weather data to help the scientists.
I stay for the fun of digging up useless information
Now I know where I got sunrise:
https://www.oldweatherforum.org/viewtopic.php?p=144#p144
However, that came from Royal Navy logs, so I don't know if it applies here
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 9:01 am
by Maikel
You can also check
https://www.journeyplotter.nl/rl/abbr.html, the Symbols tab.
You'll find many of the symbols we've come across over time listed there.
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Mon May 31, 2021 11:15 pm
by pommystuart
Does anybody have a list of the flag signals used by our ships, like Hoisted signal F.H., received Z.F.B
?
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:55 am
by Randi
You can give
Signalling in
Nautical, military, and whaling terminology a try.
However, there seem to have been a lot of codes over the years
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 4:49 pm
by Hanibal94
How should seismic activity be transcribed? There isn't a subtype for that under Event -> Other like for volcanoes.
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:12 pm
by Michael
Good question. I would just use Volcanoes.
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:15 pm
by Hanibal94
Michael wrote: ↑Wed Jun 30, 2021 7:12 pm
Good question. I would just use Volcanoes.
But not all earthquakes have to do with volcanic activity
How about a new subtype "Earthquake" or "Seismic"? There currently aren't any subtypes beginning with E or S, so that should fit nicely.
EDIT: Since I had to upload the month before going on vacation, I used "Volcanic", but added a Transcriber Comment stating that there was actually no volcanic activity, just seismic, and there is simply no subtype for earthquakes at the moment (but there should be, IMHO)
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 11:31 pm
by Michael
I can do that, it's a good idea.
Re: Ask questions here
Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2022 7:14 pm
by Hanibal94
They have started recorded Lat/Long by Bearings, for example:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorag ... 6_0134.JPG
How should this be recorded, since there isn't a specific subtype for it?