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THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, JULY 4,2001 PAGE 3 Cast your eye on new computer fishing map Durham Region Chairman Roger Anderson, centre, presented T-shirts to students who've set up a Durham fishing map online. With him from left are Keith Puddick, David Scanned, Joe Larkin, Matt Agar and computer computer teacher Stephen Hudson. Students help you find out where to land that big one BY JOE CHIN Staff Writer DURHAM - Love to fish, but don't know where to find that extra special spot? Well, help is only a mouse click away, thanks to four Sinclair Secondaiy School students. Joe Larkin, Keith Puddick, Matt Agar and David Scanned arc going a long way towards taking sheer luck out of the search equation by creating a Web page that's chock-full of information about where to land that big one in Durham Region. The electronic fishing map can be found at www.region.durham.on.ca under the tourism section. And, lest one figures this is a mere theoretical exercise by a bunch of computer computer geeks who wouldn't know a muskie from a moose, the group is quick dismiss that notion. "A couple of us are avid fishermen," insists Mr. Larkin who conceived the idea as the foursome's final computer class project. "Over the years, I've probably probably fished most of the spots." Mr. Agar, too, allows he's done a bit of angling although he admits, "I've never caught anything to speak about." What started out as a class project became became more practical when the Whitby lads approached Durham Region's Economic Economic Development and Tourism De- ' partment about putting the pages on the agency's Web site. "We thought it would be tremendous if our work could benefit the public," says Mr. Larkin, who along with his pals are in their OAC year' at Sinclair. Starting out with a basic map of the Region, the students plotted the best fishing sites, supplementing that info with fish descriptions, dates of fishing ■ derbies, locations of marinas, motels, camp and trailer parks, boat launching ramps, bait and tackle shops - and much more. There's a section, too, for suppli- ■ ers who wish to advertise their sendees. . In total, 128 files were used, says Mr. ; Larkin. He and Mr. Scanned did the ■ HTML programming, with Mr. Agar ! and Mr. Puddick handling the data in putting and Beta testing. "From start to finish it took us about a month-and-a- half. It was a real learning experience," says Mr. Larkin. Says teacher Stephen Hudson whose 'Computers and Problem Solving' class emphasizes the case study approach: "The aim was to identify a need and cre ate a commercial or public service site. They've done an exemplary job." For which local and outside anglers will give thanks. 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