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@@ -196,10 +196,12 @@ Finally, simply add the appropriate config to the `providers` section of `config
 
 As well as being my work, I have also gratefully received feature patches from Steven, M1SDH.
 
-The project contains a self-hosted copy of Font Awesome's free library, in the `/webasset/fa/` directory. This is subject to Font Awesome's licence and is not covered by the overall licence declared in the `LICENSE` file. This approach was taken in preference to using their hosted kits due to the popularity of this project exceeding the page view limit for their free hosted offering.
+The project contains a self-hosted copy of Font Awesome's free library, in the `/webassets/fa/` directory. This is subject to Font Awesome's licence and is not covered by the overall licence declared in the `LICENSE` file. This approach was taken in preference to using their hosted kits due to the popularity of this project exceeding the page view limit for their free hosted offering.
+
+The project contains a set of flag icons generated using the "Noto Color Emoji" font on a Debian system, in the `/webassets/img/flags/` directory.
 
 The software uses a number of Python libraries as listed in `requirements.txt`, and a number of JavaScript libraries such as jQuery, Leaflet and Bootstrap. This project would not have been possible without these libraries, so many thanks to their developers.
 
-Particular thanks go to QRZCQ country-files.com for providing country lookup data for amateur radio, and to the developers of `pyhamtools` for making it easy to use this data as well as QRZ.com and Clublog lookup.
+Particular thanks go to country-files.com for providing country lookup data for amateur radio, to K0SWE for [this JSON-formatted DXCC data](https://github.com/k0swe/dxcc-json/), and to the developers of `pyhamtools` for making it easy to use country-files.com data as well as QRZ.com and Clublog lookup.
 
 The project's name was suggested by Harm, DK4HAA. Thanks!

alertproviders/alert_provider.py

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytz
 
-from core.config import SERVER_OWNER_CALLSIGN, MAX_ALERT_AGE
-from core.constants import SOFTWARE_NAME, SOFTWARE_VERSION
+from core.config import MAX_ALERT_AGE
 
 
 # Generic alert provider class. Subclasses of this query the individual APIs for alerts.

alertproviders/bota.py

@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import pytz
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
 from alertproviders.http_alert_provider import HTTPAlertProvider
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.alert import Alert
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 

alertproviders/parksnpeaks.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import pytz
 
 from alertproviders.http_alert_provider import HTTPAlertProvider
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.alert import Alert
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 

alertproviders/pota.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import pytz
 
 from alertproviders.http_alert_provider import HTTPAlertProvider
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.alert import Alert
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 

alertproviders/sota.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import pytz
 
 from alertproviders.http_alert_provider import HTTPAlertProvider
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.alert import Alert
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 

alertproviders/wota.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import pytz
 from rss_parser import RSSParser
 
 from alertproviders.http_alert_provider import HTTPAlertProvider
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.alert import Alert
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 

alertproviders/wwff.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import pytz
 
 from alertproviders.http_alert_provider import HTTPAlertProvider
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.alert import Alert
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 

config-example.yml

@@ -135,4 +135,13 @@ hamqth-password: ""
 clublog-api-key: ""
 
 # Allow submitting spots to the Spothole API?
-allow-spotting: true
+allow-spotting: true
+
+# Options for the web UI.
+web-ui-options:
+  spot-count: [10, 25, 50, 100]
+  spot-count-default: 50
+  max-spot-age: [5, 10, 30, 60]
+  max-spot-age-default: 30
+  alert-count: [25, 50, 100, 200, 500]
+  alert-count-default: 100

core/cleanup.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import logging
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime
 from threading import Timer
 from time import sleep
 

core/config.py

@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ MAX_SPOT_AGE = config["max-spot-age-sec"]
 MAX_ALERT_AGE = config["max-alert-age-sec"]
 SERVER_OWNER_CALLSIGN = config["server-owner-callsign"]
 WEB_SERVER_PORT = config["web-server-port"]
-ALLOW_SPOTTING = config["allow-spotting"]
+ALLOW_SPOTTING = config["allow-spotting"]
+WEB_UI_OPTIONS = config["web-ui-options"]

core/lookup_helper.py

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import gzip
+import json
 import logging
+import re
 import urllib.parse
 from datetime import timedelta
 
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ from requests_cache import CachedSession
 from core.cache_utils import SEMI_STATIC_URL_DATA_CACHE
 from core.config import config
 from core.constants import BANDS, UNKNOWN_BAND, CW_MODES, PHONE_MODES, DATA_MODES, ALL_MODES, \
-    QRZCQ_CALLSIGN_LOOKUP_DATA, HTTP_HEADERS, HAMQTH_PRG
+    HTTP_HEADERS, HAMQTH_PRG
 
 
 # Singleton class that provides lookup functionality.
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ class LookupHelper:
         self.CALL_INFO_BASIC = None
         self.LOOKUP_LIB_BASIC = None
         self.COUNTRY_FILES_CTY_PLIST_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION = None
+        self.DXCC_JSON_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION = None
+        self.DXCC_DATA = None
 
     def start(self):
         # Lookup helpers from pyhamtools. We use five (!) of these. The simplest is country-files.com, which downloads
@@ -84,6 +88,19 @@ class LookupHelper:
                                                         filename=self.CLUBLOG_XML_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION)
         self.CLUBLOG_CALLSIGN_DATA_CACHE = Cache('cache/clublog_callsign_lookup_cache')
 
+        # We also get a lookup of DXCC data from K0SWE to use for additional lookups of e.g. flags.
+        self.DXCC_JSON_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION = "cache/dxcc.json"
+        success = self.download_dxcc_json()
+        if success:
+            with open(self.DXCC_JSON_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION) as f:
+                tmp_dxcc_data = json.load(f)["dxcc"]
+                # Reformat as a map for faster lookup
+                self.DXCC_DATA = {}
+                for dxcc in tmp_dxcc_data:
+                    self.DXCC_DATA[dxcc["entityCode"]] = dxcc
+        else:
+            logging.error("Could not download DXCC data, flags and similar data may be missing!")
+
     # Download the cty.plist file from country-files.com on first startup. The pyhamtools lib can actually download and use
     # this itself, but it's occasionally offline which causes it to throw an error. By downloading it separately, we can
     # catch errors and handle them, falling back to a previous copy of the file in the cache, and we can use the
@@ -103,6 +120,22 @@ class LookupHelper:
             logging.error("Exception when downloading Clublog cty.xml", e)
             return False
 
+    # Download the dxcc.json file on first startup.
+    def download_dxcc_json(self):
+        try:
+            logging.info("Downloading dxcc.json...")
+            response = SEMI_STATIC_URL_DATA_CACHE.get("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k0swe/dxcc-json/refs/heads/main/dxcc.json",
+                                                      headers=HTTP_HEADERS).text
+
+            with open(self.DXCC_JSON_DOWNLOAD_LOCATION, "w") as f:
+                f.write(response)
+                f.flush()
+                return True
+
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error("Exception when downloading dxcc.json", e)
+            return False
+
     # Download the cty.xml (gzipped) file from Clublog on first startup, so we can use it in preference to querying the
     # database live if possible.
     def download_clublog_ctyxml(self):
@@ -175,11 +208,11 @@ class LookupHelper:
             clublog_data = self.get_clublog_api_data_for_callsign(call)
             if clublog_data and "Name" in clublog_data:
                 country = clublog_data["Name"]
-        # Couldn't get anything from Clublog database, try QRZCQ data
+        # Couldn't get anything from Clublog database, try DXCC data
         if not country:
-            qrzcq_data = self.get_qrzcq_data_for_callsign(call)
-            if qrzcq_data and "country" in qrzcq_data:
-                country = qrzcq_data["country"]
+            dxcc_data = self.get_dxcc_data_for_callsign(call)
+            if dxcc_data and "name" in dxcc_data:
+                country = dxcc_data["name"]
         return country
 
     # Infer a DXCC ID from a callsign
@@ -208,11 +241,11 @@ class LookupHelper:
             clublog_data = self.get_clublog_api_data_for_callsign(call)
             if clublog_data and "DXCC" in clublog_data:
                 dxcc = clublog_data["DXCC"]
-        # Couldn't get anything from Clublog database, try QRZCQ data
+        # Couldn't get anything from Clublog database, try DXCC data
         if not dxcc:
-            qrzcq_data = self.get_qrzcq_data_for_callsign(call)
-            if qrzcq_data and "dxcc" in qrzcq_data:
-                dxcc = qrzcq_data["dxcc"]
+            dxcc_data = self.get_dxcc_data_for_callsign(call)
+            if dxcc_data and "entityCode" in dxcc_data:
+                dxcc = dxcc_data["entityCode"]
         return dxcc
 
     # Infer a continent shortcode from a callsign
@@ -236,11 +269,12 @@ class LookupHelper:
             clublog_data = self.get_clublog_api_data_for_callsign(call)
             if clublog_data and "Continent" in clublog_data:
                 continent = clublog_data["Continent"]
-        # Couldn't get anything from Clublog database, try QRZCQ data
+        # Couldn't get anything from Clublog database, try DXCC data
         if not continent:
-            qrzcq_data = self.get_qrzcq_data_for_callsign(call)
-            if qrzcq_data and "continent" in qrzcq_data:
-                continent = qrzcq_data["continent"]
+            dxcc_data = self.get_dxcc_data_for_callsign(call)
+            # Some DXCCs are in two continents, if so don't use the continent data as we can't be sure
+            if dxcc_data and "continent" in dxcc_data and len(dxcc_data["continent"]) == 1:
+                continent = dxcc_data["continent"][0]
         return continent
 
     # Infer a CQ zone from a callsign
@@ -269,11 +303,12 @@ class LookupHelper:
             clublog_data = self.get_clublog_api_data_for_callsign(call)
             if clublog_data and "CQZ" in clublog_data:
                 cqz = clublog_data["CQZ"]
-        # Couldn't get anything from Clublog database, try QRZCQ data
+        # Couldn't get anything from Clublog database, try DXCC data
         if not cqz:
-            qrzcq_data = self.get_qrzcq_data_for_callsign(call)
-            if qrzcq_data and "cqz" in qrzcq_data:
-                cqz = qrzcq_data["cqz"]
+            dxcc_data = self.get_dxcc_data_for_callsign(call)
+            # Some DXCCs are in multiple zones, if so don't use the zone data as we can't be sure
+            if dxcc_data and "cq" in dxcc_data and len(dxcc_data["cq"]) == 1:
+                cqz = dxcc_data["cq"][0]
         return cqz
 
     # Infer a ITU zone from a callsign
@@ -293,13 +328,18 @@ class LookupHelper:
             hamqth_data = self.get_hamqth_data_for_callsign(call)
             if hamqth_data and "itu" in hamqth_data:
                 ituz = hamqth_data["itu"]
-        # Couldn't get anything from HamQTH database, Clublog doesn't provide this, so try QRZCQ data
+        # Couldn't get anything from HamQTH database, Clublog doesn't provide this, so try DXCC data
         if not ituz:
-            qrzcq_data = self.get_qrzcq_data_for_callsign(call)
-            if qrzcq_data and "ituz" in qrzcq_data:
-                ituz = qrzcq_data["ituz"]
+            dxcc_data = self.get_dxcc_data_for_callsign(call)
+            # Some DXCCs are in multiple zones, if so don't use the zone data as we can't be sure
+            if dxcc_data and "itu" in dxcc_data and len(dxcc_data["itu"]) == 1:
+                ituz = dxcc_data["itu"]
         return ituz
 
+    # Get an emoji flag for a given DXCC entity ID
+    def get_flag_for_dxcc(self, dxcc):
+        return self.DXCC_DATA[dxcc]["flag"] if dxcc in self.DXCC_DATA else None
+
     # Infer an operator name from a callsign (requires QRZ.com/HamQTH)
     def infer_name_from_callsign_online_lookup(self, call):
         data = self.get_qrz_data_for_callsign(call)
@@ -488,11 +528,10 @@ class LookupHelper:
         else:
             return None
 
-    # Utility method to get QRZCQ data from our constants table, if we can find it
-    def get_qrzcq_data_for_callsign(self, call):
-        # Iterate in reverse order - see comments on the data structure itself
-        for entry in reversed(QRZCQ_CALLSIGN_LOOKUP_DATA):
-            if call.startswith(entry["prefix"]):
+    # Utility method to get generic DXCC data from our lookup table, if we can find it
+    def get_dxcc_data_for_callsign(self, call):
+        for entry in self.DXCC_DATA.values():
+            if re.match(entry["prefixRegex"], call):
                 return entry
         return None
 

core/sig_utils.py

@@ -98,7 +98,12 @@ def get_sig_ref_info(sig, sig_ref_id):
                 for feature in data["features"]:
                     if feature["properties"]["wotaId"] == sig_ref_id:
                         sig_ref.name = feature["properties"]["title"]
+                        # Fudge WOTA URLs. Outlying fell (LDO) URLs don't match their ID numbers but require 214 to be
+                        # added to them
                         sig_ref.url = "https://www.wota.org.uk/MM_" + sig_ref_id
+                        if sig_ref_id.upper().startswith("LDO-"):
+                            number = int(sig_ref_id.upper().replace("LDO-", ""))
+                            sig_ref.url = "https://www.wota.org.uk/MM_LDO-" + str(number + 214)
                         sig_ref.grid = feature["properties"]["qthLocator"]
                         sig_ref.latitude = feature["geometry"]["coordinates"][1]
                         sig_ref.longitude = feature["geometry"]["coordinates"][0]

data/alert.py

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import pytz
 
-from core.constants import DXCC_FLAGS
 from core.lookup_helper import lookup_helper
 from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig, get_sig_ref_info
 
@@ -95,8 +94,8 @@ class Alert:
             self.dx_itu_zone = lookup_helper.infer_itu_zone_from_callsign(self.dx_calls[0])
         if self.dx_calls and self.dx_calls[0] and not self.dx_dxcc_id:
             self.dx_dxcc_id = lookup_helper.infer_dxcc_id_from_callsign(self.dx_calls[0])
-        if self.dx_dxcc_id and self.dx_dxcc_id in DXCC_FLAGS and not self.dx_flag:
-            self.dx_flag = DXCC_FLAGS[self.dx_dxcc_id]
+        if self.dx_dxcc_id and not self.dx_flag:
+            self.dx_flag = lookup_helper.get_flag_for_dxcc(self.dx_dxcc_id)
 
         # Fetch SIG data. In case a particular API doesn't provide a full set of name, lat, lon & grid for a reference
         # in its initial call, we use this code to populate the rest of the data. This includes working out grid refs

data/spot.py

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import pytz
 from pyhamtools.locator import locator_to_latlong, latlong_to_locator
 
-from core.constants import DXCC_FLAGS
 from core.lookup_helper import lookup_helper
 from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig, get_sig_ref_info, ANY_SIG_REGEX, get_ref_regex_for_sig
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
@@ -174,8 +173,8 @@ class Spot:
             self.dx_itu_zone = lookup_helper.infer_itu_zone_from_callsign(self.dx_call)
         if self.dx_call and not self.dx_dxcc_id:
             self.dx_dxcc_id = lookup_helper.infer_dxcc_id_from_callsign(self.dx_call)
-        if self.dx_dxcc_id and self.dx_dxcc_id in DXCC_FLAGS and not self.dx_flag:
-            self.dx_flag = DXCC_FLAGS[self.dx_dxcc_id]
+        if self.dx_dxcc_id and not self.dx_flag:
+            self.dx_flag = lookup_helper.get_flag_for_dxcc(self.dx_dxcc_id)
 
         # Clean up spotter call if it has an SSID or -# from RBN
         if self.de_call and "-" in self.de_call:
@@ -207,8 +206,8 @@ class Spot:
                 self.de_continent = lookup_helper.infer_continent_from_callsign(self.de_call)
             if not self.de_dxcc_id:
                 self.de_dxcc_id = lookup_helper.infer_dxcc_id_from_callsign(self.de_call)
-            if self.de_dxcc_id and self.de_dxcc_id in DXCC_FLAGS and not self.de_flag:
-                self.de_flag = DXCC_FLAGS[self.de_dxcc_id]
+            if self.de_dxcc_id and not self.de_flag:
+                self.de_flag = lookup_helper.get_flag_for_dxcc(self.de_dxcc_id)
 
         # Band from frequency
         if self.freq and not self.band:
@@ -240,13 +239,17 @@ class Spot:
         if self.dx_latitude:
             self.dx_location_source = "SPOT"
 
-        # See if we already have a SIG reference, but the comment looks like it contains more for the same SIG. This
+        # Set the top-level "SIG" if it is missing but we have at least one SIG ref.
+        if not self.sig and self.sig_refs and len(self.sig_refs) > 0:
+            self.sig = self.sig_refs[0].sig.upper()
+
+            # See if we already have a SIG reference, but the comment looks like it contains more for the same SIG. This
         # should catch e.g. POTA comments like "2-fer: GB-0001 GB-0002".
         if self.comment and self.sig_refs and len(self.sig_refs) > 0:
             sig = self.sig_refs[0].sig.upper()
-            all_comment_refs = re.findall(get_ref_regex_for_sig(sig), self.comment)
-            for ref in all_comment_refs:
-                self.append_sig_ref_if_missing(SIGRef(id=ref.upper(), sig=sig))
+            all_comment_ref_matches = re.finditer(r"(^|\W)(" + get_ref_regex_for_sig(sig) + r")(^|\W)", self.comment, re.IGNORECASE)
+            for ref_match in all_comment_ref_matches:
+                self.append_sig_ref_if_missing(SIGRef(id=ref_match.group(2).upper(), sig=sig))
 
         # See if the comment looks like it contains any SIGs (and optionally SIG references) that we can
         # add to the spot. This should catch cluster spot comments like "POTA GB-0001 WWFF GFF-0001" and e.g. POTA
@@ -385,7 +388,11 @@ class Spot:
     def append_sig_ref_if_missing(self, new_sig_ref):
         if not self.sig_refs:
             self.sig_refs = []
+        new_sig_ref.id = new_sig_ref.id.strip().upper()
+        new_sig_ref.sig = new_sig_ref.sig.strip().upper()
+        if new_sig_ref.id == "":
+            return
         for sig_ref in self.sig_refs:
-            if sig_ref.id.upper() == new_sig_ref.id.upper() and sig_ref.sig.upper() == new_sig_ref.sig.upper():
+            if sig_ref.id == new_sig_ref.id and sig_ref.sig == new_sig_ref.sig:
                 return
         self.sig_refs.append(new_sig_ref)

server/webserver.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import bottle
 import pytz
 from bottle import run, request, response, template
 
-from core.config import MAX_SPOT_AGE, ALLOW_SPOTTING
+from core.config import MAX_SPOT_AGE, ALLOW_SPOTTING, WEB_UI_OPTIONS
 from core.constants import BANDS, ALL_MODES, MODE_TYPES, SIGS, CONTINENTS, SOFTWARE_VERSION, UNKNOWN_BAND
 from core.lookup_helper import lookup_helper
 from core.prometheus_metrics_handler import page_requests_counter, get_metrics, api_requests_counter
@@ -469,7 +469,8 @@ class WebServer:
                     map(lambda p: p["name"], filter(lambda p: p["enabled"], self.status_data["alert_providers"]))),
                 "continents": CONTINENTS,
                 "max_spot_age": MAX_SPOT_AGE,
-                "spot_allowed": ALLOW_SPOTTING}
+                "spot_allowed": ALLOW_SPOTTING,
+                "web-ui-options": WEB_UI_OPTIONS}
         # If spotting to this server is enabled, "API" is another valid spot source even though it does not come from
         # one of our proviers.
         if ALLOW_SPOTTING:

spotproviders/gma.py

@@ -54,20 +54,27 @@ class GMA(HTTPSpotProvider):
                     match ref_info["reftype"]:
                         case "Summit":
                             spot.sig_refs[0].sig = "GMA"
+                            spot.sig = "GMA"
                         case "IOTA Island":
                             spot.sig_refs[0].sig = "IOTA"
+                            spot.sig = "IOTA"
                         case "Lighthouse (ILLW)":
                             spot.sig_refs[0].sig = "ILLW"
+                            spot.sig = "ILLW"
                         case "Lighthouse (ARLHS)":
                             spot.sig_refs[0].sig = "ARLHS"
+                            spot.sig = "ARLHS"
                         case "Castle":
                             spot.sig_refs[0].sig = "WCA"
+                            spot.sig = "WCA"
                         case "Mill":
                             spot.sig_refs[0].sig = "MOTA"
+                            spot.sig = "MOTA"
                         case _:
                             logging.warn("GMA spot found with ref type " + ref_info[
                                 "reftype"] + ", developer needs to add support for this!")
                             spot.sig_refs[0].sig = ref_info["reftype"]
+                            spot.sig = ref_info["reftype"]
 
                     # Add to our list. Don't worry about de-duping, removing old spots etc. at this point; other code will do
                     # that for us.

spotproviders/hema.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import pytz
 import requests
 
 from core.constants import HTTP_HEADERS
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 from data.spot import Spot
 from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ class HEMA(HTTPSpotProvider):
                                 freq=float(freq_mode_match.group(1)) * 1000000,
                                 mode=freq_mode_match.group(2).upper(),
                                 comment=spotter_comment_match.group(2),
+                                sig="HEMA",
                                 sig_refs=[SIGRef(id=spot_items[3].upper(), sig="HEMA", name=spot_items[4])],
                                 time=datetime.strptime(spot_items[0], "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M").replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC).timestamp(),
                                 dx_latitude=float(spot_items[7]),

spotproviders/parksnpeaks.py

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytz
 
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 from data.spot import Spot
 from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ class ParksNPeaks(HTTPSpotProvider):
                         # Seen PNP spots with empty frequency, and with comma-separated thousands digits
                         mode=source_spot["actMode"].upper(),
                         comment=source_spot["actComments"],
+                        sig=source_spot["actClass"].upper(),
                         sig_refs=[SIGRef(id=source_spot["actSiteID"], sig=source_spot["actClass"].upper())],
                         time=datetime.strptime(source_spot["actTime"], "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S").replace(
                             tzinfo=pytz.UTC).timestamp())

spotproviders/pota.py

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import re
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytz
 
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig, get_ref_regex_for_sig
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 from data.spot import Spot
 from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
@@ -31,6 +29,7 @@ class POTA(HTTPSpotProvider):
                         freq=float(source_spot["frequency"]) * 1000,
                         mode=source_spot["mode"].upper(),
                         comment=source_spot["comments"],
+                        sig="POTA",
                         sig_refs=[SIGRef(id=source_spot["reference"], sig="POTA", name=source_spot["name"])],
                         time=datetime.strptime(source_spot["spotTime"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S").replace(
                             tzinfo=pytz.UTC).timestamp(),

spotproviders/sota.py

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 import requests
 
 from core.constants import HTTP_HEADERS
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 from data.spot import Spot
 from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ class SOTA(HTTPSpotProvider):
                             freq=(float(source_spot["frequency"]) * 1000000) if (source_spot["frequency"] is not None) else None, # Seen SOTA spots with no frequency!
                             mode=source_spot["mode"].upper(),
                             comment=source_spot["comments"],
+                            sig="SOTA",
                             sig_refs=[SIGRef(id=source_spot["summitCode"], sig="SOTA", name=source_spot["summitName"])],
                             time=datetime.fromisoformat(source_spot["timeStamp"]).timestamp(),
                             activation_score=source_spot["points"])

spotproviders/spot_provider.py

@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytz
 
-from core.constants import SOFTWARE_NAME, SOFTWARE_VERSION
-from core.config import SERVER_OWNER_CALLSIGN, MAX_SPOT_AGE
+from core.config import MAX_SPOT_AGE
 
 
 # Generic spot provider class. Subclasses of this query the individual APIs for data.

spotproviders/sse_spot_provider.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from requests_sse import EventSource
 from core.constants import HTTP_HEADERS
 from spotproviders.spot_provider import SpotProvider
 
+
 # Spot provider using Server-Sent Events.
 class SSESpotProvider(SpotProvider):
 

spotproviders/ukpacketnet.py

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 import re
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytz
-from requests_cache import CachedSession
 
-from core.constants import HTTP_HEADERS
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig, get_ref_regex_for_sig
 from data.spot import Spot
 from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
 

spotproviders/wota.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
 # Spot provider for Wainwrights on the Air
 class WOTA(HTTPSpotProvider):
     POLL_INTERVAL_SEC = 120
-    SPOTS_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:8000/spots_rss.php"
+    SPOTS_URL = "https://www.wota.org.uk/spots_rss.php"
     LIST_URL = "https://www.wota.org.uk/mapping/data/summits.json"
     RSS_DATE_TIME_FORMAT = "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z"
 
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class WOTA(HTTPSpotProvider):
                             freq=freq_hz,
                             mode=mode,
                             comment=comment,
+                            sig="WOTA",
                             sig_refs=[SIGRef(id=ref, sig="WOTA", name=ref_name)] if ref else [],
                             time=time.timestamp())
 

spotproviders/wwbota.py

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import json
 from datetime import datetime
 
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 from data.spot import Spot
 from spotproviders.sse_spot_provider import SSESpotProvider
@@ -29,6 +28,7 @@ class WWBOTA(SSESpotProvider):
                     freq=float(source_spot["freq"]) * 1000000,
                     mode=source_spot["mode"].upper(),
                     comment=source_spot["comment"],
+                    sig="WWBOTA",
                     sig_refs=refs,
                     time=datetime.fromisoformat(source_spot["time"]).timestamp(),
                     # WWBOTA spots can contain multiple references for bunkers being activated simultaneously. For

spotproviders/wwff.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytz
 
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 from data.spot import Spot
 from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ class WWFF(HTTPSpotProvider):
                         freq=float(source_spot["frequency_khz"]) * 1000,
                         mode=source_spot["mode"].upper(),
                         comment=source_spot["remarks"],
+                        sig="WWFF",
                         sig_refs=[SIGRef(id=source_spot["reference"], sig="WWFF", name=source_spot["reference_name"])],
                         time=datetime.fromtimestamp(source_spot["spot_time"], tz=pytz.UTC).timestamp(),
                         dx_latitude=source_spot["latitude"],

spotproviders/zlota.py

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytz
 
-from core.sig_utils import get_icon_for_sig
 from data.sig_ref import SIGRef
 from data.spot import Spot
 from spotproviders.http_spot_provider import HTTPSpotProvider
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ class ZLOTA(HTTPSpotProvider):
                         freq=freq_hz,
                         mode=source_spot["mode"].upper().strip(),
                         comment=source_spot["comments"],
+                        sig="ZLOTA",
                         sig_refs=[SIGRef(id=source_spot["reference"], sig="ZLOTA", name=source_spot["name"])],
                         time=datetime.fromisoformat(source_spot["referenced_time"]).astimezone(pytz.UTC).timestamp())
 

views/webpage_about.tpl

@@ -14,17 +14,18 @@
     <p>Spothole is an "aggregator" for those spots, so it checks lots of different services for data, and brings it all together in one place. So no matter what kinds of interesting spots you are looking for, you can find them here.</p>
     <p>As well as spots, it also provides a similar feed of "alerts". This is where amateur radio users who are going to interesting places soon will announce their intentions.</p>
     <h4 class="mt-4">What are "DX", "DE" and modes?</h4>
-    <p>In amateur radio terminology, the "DX" contact is the "interesting" one that is using the frequency shown. They might be on a remote island or just in a local park, but either way it's interesting enough that someone has "spotted" them. The callsign listed under "DE" is the person who spotted the "DX" operator. "Modes" are the type of communication they are using. You might see "CW" which is Morse Code, or voice "modes" like SSB or FM, or more exotic "data" modes which are used for computer-to-computer communication.</p>
+    <p>In amateur radio terminology, the "DX" contact is the "interesting" one that is using the frequency shown and looking for callers. They might be on a remote island or just in a local park, but either way it's interesting enough that someone has "spotted" them. The callsign listed under "DE" is the person who entered the spot of the "DX" operator. "Modes" are the type of communication they are using. For example you might see "CW" which is Morse Code, or voice "modes" like SSB or FM, or more exotic "data" modes which are used for computer-to-computer communication.</p>
     <h4 class="mt-4">What data sources are supported?</h4>
     <p>Spothole can retrieve spots from: Telnet-based DX clusters, the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN), the APRS Internet Service (APRS-IS), POTA, SOTA, WWFF, GMA, WWBOTA, HEMA, Parks 'n' Peaks, ZLOTA, WOTA, and the UK Packet Repeater Network.</p>
     <p>Spothole can retrieve alerts from: NG3K, POTA, SOTA, WWFF, Parks 'n' Peaks, WOTA and BOTA.</p>
     <p>Note that the server owner has not necessarily enabled all these data sources. In particular it is common to disable RBN, to avoid the server being swamped with FT8 traffic, and to disable APRS-IS and UK Packet Net so that the server only displays stations where there is likely to be an operator physically present for a QSO.</p>
-    <p>Between the various data sources, the following Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are supported: POTA, SOTA, WWFF, GMA, WWBOTA, HEMA, IOTA, MOTS, ARLHS, ILLW, SIOTA, WCA, ZLOTA, KRMNPA, WOTA, BOTA, WAB & WAI.</p>
+    <p>Between the various data sources, the following Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are supported: POTA, SOTA, WWFF, GMA, WWBOTA, HEMA, IOTA, MOTA, ARLHS, ILLW, SIOTA, WCA, ZLOTA, KRMNPA, WOTA, BOTA, WAB & WAI.</p>
     <h4 class="mt-4">How is this better than DXheat, DXsummit, POTA's own website, etc?</h4>
     <p>It's probably not? But it's nice to have choice.</p>
-    <p>I think it's got two key advantages over those sites:</p>
+    <p>I think it's got three key advantages over those sites:</p>
     <ol><li>It provides a public, <a href="/apidocs">well-documented API</a> with an <a href="/apidocs/openapi.yml">OpenAPI specification</a>. Other sites don't have official APIs or don't bother documenting them publicly, because they want people to use their web page. I like Spothole's web page, but you don't have to use it&mdash;if you're a programmer, you can build your own software on Spothole's API. Spothole does the hard work of taking all the various data sources and providing a consistent, well-documented data set. You can then do the fun bit of writing your own application.</li>
-    <li>It grabs data from a lot more sources, and it's easy to add more. Since it's open source, anyone can contribute a new data source and share it with the community.</li></ol>
+    <li>It grabs data from a lot more sources. I've seen other sites that pull in DX Cluster and POTA spots together, but nothing on the scale of what Spothole supports.</li>
+    <li>Spothole is open source, so anyone can contribute the code to support a new data source or add new features, and share them with the community.</li></ol>
     <h4 class="mt-4">Why does this website ask me if I want to install it?</h4>
     <p>Spothole is a Progressive Web App, which means you can install it on an Android or iOS device by opening the site in Chrome or Safari respectively, and clicking "Install" on the pop-up panel. It'll only prompt you once, so if you dismiss the prompt and change your mind, you'll find an Install / Add to Home Screen option on your browser's menu.</p>
     <p>Installing Spothole on your phone is completely optional, the website works exactly the same way as the "app" does.</p>
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@
     <p>Spothole is open source, so you can audit <a href="https://git.ianrenton.com/ian/spothole">the code</a> if you like.</p>
     <h2 class="mt-4">Thanks</h2>
     <p>This project would not have been possible without those volunteers who have taken it upon themselves to run DX clusters, xOTA programmes, DXpedition lists, callsign lookup databases, and other online tools on which Spothole's data is based.</p>
-    <p>Spothole is also dependent on a number of Python libraries, in particular pyhamtools, and many JavaScript libraries, as well as the Font Awesome icon set.</p>
+    <p>Spothole is also dependent on a number of Python libraries, in particular pyhamtools, and many JavaScript libraries, as well as the Font Awesome icon set and flag icons from the Noto Color Emoji set.</p>
+    <p>This software is dedicated to the memory of Tom G1PJB, SK, a friend and colleague who sadly passed away around the time I started writing it in Autumn 2025. I was looking forward to showing it to you when it was done.</p>
 </div>
 
 <script>$(document).ready(function() { $("#nav-link-about").addClass("active"); }); <!-- highlight active page in nav --></script>

views/webpage_alerts.tpl

@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@
                             <h5 class="card-title">Number of Alerts</h5>
                             <p class="card-text spothole-card-text">Show up to
                                 <select id="alerts-to-fetch" class="storeable-select form-select ms-2" oninput="filtersUpdated();"  style="width: 5em;display: inline-block;">
-                                    <option value="25">25</option>
-                                    <option value="50">50</option>
-                                    <option value="100" selected>100</option>
-                                    <option value="200">200</option>
-                                    <option value="500">500</option>
                                 </select>
                                 alerts
                             </p>

views/webpage_bands.tpl

@@ -93,10 +93,6 @@
                             <h5 class="card-title">Spot Age</h5>
                             <p class="card-text spothole-card-text">Last
                                 <select id="max-spot-age" class="storeable-select form-select ms-2 me-2 d-inline-block" oninput="filtersUpdated();" style="width: 5em; display: inline-block;">
-                                    <option value="300">5</option>
-                                    <option value="600">10</option>
-                                    <option value="1800" selected>30</option>
-                                    <option value="3600">60</option>
                                 </select>
                                 minutes
                             </p>

views/webpage_map.tpl

@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@
                                 <h5 class="card-title">Spot Age</h5>
                                 <p class="card-text spothole-card-text">Last
                                     <select id="max-spot-age" class="storeable-select form-select ms-2 me-2 d-inline-block" oninput="filtersUpdated();" style="width: 5em; display: inline-block;">
-                                        <option value="300">5</option>
-                                        <option value="600">10</option>
-                                        <option value="1800" selected>30</option>
-                                        <option value="3600">60</option>
                                     </select>
                                     minutes
                                 </p>

views/webpage_spots.tpl

@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@
                             <h5 class="card-title">Number of Spots</h5>
                             <p class="card-text spothole-card-text">Show up to
                                 <select id="spots-to-fetch" class="storeable-select form-select ms-2 me-2 d-inline-block" oninput="filtersUpdated();" style="width: 5em; display: inline-block;">
-                                    <option value="10">10</option>
-                                    <option value="25">25</option>
-                                    <option value="50" selected>50</option>
-                                    <option value="100">100</option>
                                 </select>
                                 spots
                             </p>

webassets/apidocs/openapi.yml

@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ paths:
       tags:
         - General
       summary: Get enumeration options
-      description: Retrieves the list of options for various enumerated types, which can be found in the spots and also provided back to the API as query parameters. While these enumerated options are defined in this spec anyway, providing them in an API call allows us to define extra parameters, like the colours associated with bands, and also allows clients to set up their filters and features without having to have internal knowledge about, for example, what bands the server knows about.
+      description: Retrieves the list of options for various enumerated types, which can be found in the spots and also provided back to the API as query parameters. While these enumerated options are defined in this spec anyway, providing them in an API call allows us to define extra parameters, like the colours associated with bands, and also allows clients to set up their filters and features without having to have internal knowledge about, for example, what bands the server knows about. The call also returns a variety of other parameters that may be of use to a web UI, including the contents of the "web-ui-options" config section, which provides guidance for web UI implementations such as the built-in one on sensible configuration options such as the number of spots/alerts to retrieve, or the maximum age of spots to retrieve.
       operationId: options
       responses:
         '200':
@@ -490,6 +490,39 @@ paths:
                     type: boolean
                     description: Whether the POST /spot call, to add spots to the server directly via its API, is permitted on this server.
                     example: true
+                  web-ui-options:
+                    type: object
+                    properties:
+                      spot-count:
+                        type: array
+                        description: An array of suggested "spot counts" that the web UI can retrieve from the API
+                        items:
+                          type: integer
+                          example: 50
+                      spot-count-default:
+                        type: integer
+                        example: 50
+                        description: The suggested default "spot count" that the web UI should retrieve from the API
+                      max-spot-age:
+                        type: array
+                        description: An array of suggested "maximum spot ages" that the web UI can retrieve from the API
+                        items:
+                          type: integer
+                          example: 30
+                      max-spot-age-default:
+                        type: integer
+                        example: 30
+                        description: The suggested default "maximum spot age" that the web UI should retrieve from the API
+                      alert-count:
+                        type: array
+                        description: An array of suggested "alert counts" that the web UI can retrieve from the API
+                        items:
+                          type: integer
+                          example: 100
+                      alert-count-default:
+                        type: integer
+                        example: 100
+                        description: The suggested default "alert count" that the web UI should retrieve from the API
 
 
   /lookup/call:

webassets/img/flags/generate.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from datetime import timedelta
-from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
 from requests_cache import CachedSession
 
 test = os.listdir("./")
@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ for dxcc in data["dxcc"]:
     draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image)
     draw.text((0, -10), flag, font=ImageFont.truetype("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf", 109), embedded_color=True)
     outfile = str(id) + ".png"
-    image.save(outfile, "PNG")
+    image.save(outfile, "PNG")
+
+image = Image.new("RGBA", (140, 110), (255, 0, 0, 0))
+image.save("999.png", "PNG")

webassets/js/alerts.js

@@ -285,6 +285,13 @@ function loadOptions() {
         generateMultiToggleFilterCard("#dx-continent-options", "dx_continent", options["continents"]);
         generateMultiToggleFilterCard("#source-options", "source", options["alert_sources"]);
 
+        // Populate the Display panel
+        options["web-ui-options"]["alert-count"].forEach(sc => $("#alerts-to-fetch").append($('<option>', {
+            value: sc,
+            text: sc
+        })));
+        $("#alerts-to-fetch").val(options["web-ui-options"]["alert-count-default"]);
+
         // Load filters from settings storage
         loadSettings();
 

webassets/js/bands.js

@@ -235,6 +235,13 @@ function loadOptions() {
         generateMultiToggleFilterCard("#mode-options", "mode_type", options["mode_types"]);
         generateMultiToggleFilterCard("#source-options", "source", options["spot_sources"]);
 
+        // Populate the Display panel
+        options["web-ui-options"]["max-spot-age"].forEach(sc => $("#max-spot-age").append($('<option>', {
+            value: sc * 60,
+            text: sc
+        })));
+        $("#max-spot-age").val(options["web-ui-options"]["max-spot-age-default"] * 60);
+
         // Load settings from settings storage now all the controls are available
         loadSettings();
 

webassets/js/map.js

@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@ function loadOptions() {
         generateMultiToggleFilterCard("#mode-options", "mode_type", options["mode_types"]);
         generateMultiToggleFilterCard("#source-options", "source", options["spot_sources"]);
 
+        // Populate the Display panel
+        options["web-ui-options"]["max-spot-age"].forEach(sc => $("#max-spot-age").append($('<option>', {
+            value: sc * 60,
+            text: sc
+        })));
+        $("#max-spot-age").val(options["web-ui-options"]["max-spot-age-default"] * 60);
+
         // Load settings from settings storage now all the controls are available
         loadSettings();
 

webassets/js/spots.js

@@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ function loadOptions() {
         generateMultiToggleFilterCard("#mode-options", "mode_type", options["mode_types"]);
         generateMultiToggleFilterCard("#source-options", "source", options["spot_sources"]);
 
+        // Populate the Display panel
+        options["web-ui-options"]["spot-count"].forEach(sc => $("#spots-to-fetch").append($('<option>', {
+            value: sc,
+            text: sc
+        })));
+        $("#spots-to-fetch").val(options["web-ui-options"]["spot-count-default"]);
+
         // Load settings from settings storage now all the controls are available
         loadSettings();