I am attempting to better understand C++ Classes. I am working on a simple program called "spacestation", a space simulator of sorts that will hopefully allow me to explore and understand Classes, their use(s) and their potential.

I am very lost at this point and have been researching Classes and Functions for the past week and, although I have learned alot in general about coding I have not found a solution for my problem. I simply wish to run the code (Main)at compile- Allow a user to select a choice from the screen (in this case the only enabled choice is "1")- Upon choosing "1" (and this is where I am lost) a cpp file titled "viewEarth" is activated (called) and a "function" run.

I am lost when it comes to how to link the action from Main (choice "1" by the user) to viewEarth.cpp (which should, in theory, bring up something on the screen from that file (at this point viewEarth.cpp is not fully functional, which is O.K.-- I just need to figure out the problem with Classes, Functions, Calls. I am lost in the syntax. Am I lost in the syntax? The code is not pretty, but is posted below in rough form. This is one of many versions I have written, the most current one. I feel the more I work it without the proper understanding of Classes, etc, the deeper into confusion I descend.

Any help would be so appreciated at this point-- any shove in the right direction and any positive critiques are very welcome. Thank-you in advance.
(Code listed below is C++ and built on in Visual C++ Express 2005)


viewEarth.H
Code:
#include <iostream>


using namespace std;

class Message
{
public:
	
void See();


private:
float shipPos;	
};
main.cpp
Code:
#include <iostream>
#include "viewEarth.h"

using namespace std;

 int choice;

int main()
{
	std::cout << "________________________________"<< endl;
	std::cout << ""<< endl;
	std::cout << "Welcome to Platform XYZ-- Please Enter a Number:"<< endl;
	std::cout << ""<< endl;
	std::cout << "[1]Check Location for Transmission to Base"<< endl;
	std::cout << "[2]Stub"<< endl;
	std::cout << ""<< endl;
	std::cout << "________________________________"<< endl;

	
	cin >> choice;

	if (choice == 1) {
		Request1.See();
		//class Message;
		
		//std::cout <<"Check Position"<< endl;
	}
	else {
		std::cout << "OTHER! chosen (stub)"<< endl;
	}
	
	
	system("PAUSE");

return 0;
}
Code:
#include <iostream>
#include "viewEarth.h"

using namespace std;

void See()
{
cin >> shipPos;
            
			if (shipPos <= 3.80) {
   std::cout << "French Polynesia [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 
}
else if (shipPos <= 7.60) {
  std::cout << "Maui, Hawaii [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 
}
else if (shipPos <= 11.40) {
   std::cout << "Pacific Ocean (open waters) [Out of Transmission Range] 4320 miles from Tampa, Florida"<< endl; 
}
else if ((shipPos >= 15.20) && (shipPos < 19.00)) {
   std::cout << "Pacific Ocean (open waters) [In Transmission Range] 3240 miles from Tampa, Florida"<< endl; 
}
else if ((shipPos >= 19.00) && (shipPos < 22.80)){
   std::cout << "La Paz, Baja, Mexico [In Transmission Range]"<< endl; 	
}
else if ((shipPos >= 22.80) && (shipPos < 26.60)){
   std::cout << "Gulf of Mexico [In Transmission Range]"<< endl; 
}
else if ((shipPos >= 26.60) && (shipPos < 30.40)){
   std::cout << "Tampa, Florida [In Transmission Range]"<< endl; 
}
else if ((shipPos >= 30.40) && (shipPos < 34.20)){
   std::cout << "Atlantic Ocean (open waters) [In Transmission Range] 4320 miles from Lisbon, Portugal"<< endl; 
}
else if ((shipPos >= 34.20) && (shipPos < 38.00)){
   std::cout << "Atlantic Ocean (open waters) [In Transmission Range] 3240 miles from Lisbon, Portugal"<< endl; 
}
else if (shipPos <= 38.00) {
   std::cout << "Atlantic Ocean (open waters) [In Transmission Range] 2160 miles from Lisbon, Portugal"<< endl; 
}
else if (shipPos <= 41.80) {
   std::cout << "Canary Islands [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 
}
else if (shipPos <= 45.60) {
   std::cout << "Lisbon, Portugal [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 
}
else if (shipPos <= 49.40) {
   std::cout << "Tripoli, Libya [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 	
}
else if (shipPos <= 53.20) {
   std::cout << "Baghdad, Iraq [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 		
}
else if (shipPos <= 57.00) {
   std::cout << "Eastern Iran [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 	
}
else if (shipPos <= 60.80) {
   std::cout << "Central Tajikistan [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 	
}
else if (shipPos <= 64.60) {
   std::cout << "Kathmandu, Nepal [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 
}
else if (shipPos <= 68.40) {
   std::cout << "Hanoi, Vietnam [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 		
}
else if (shipPos <= 72.20) {
   std::cout << "Hong Kong, China [Out of Transmission Range]"<< endl; 	
}
else if (shipPos <= 76.00) {
   std::cout << "Pacific (open waters) [Out of Transmission Range] 5400 miles from French Polynesia"<< endl; 
}
else if (shipPos <= 79.80) {
   std::cout << "Pacific (open waters) [Out of Transmission Range] 4320 miles from French Polynesia"<< endl;  
}
else if (shipPos <= 83.60) {
   std::cout << "Pacific (open waters) [Out of Transmission Range] 3240 miles from French Polynesia"<< endl;  
}
else if (shipPos <= 87.40) {
   std::cout << "Pacific (open waters) [Out of Transmission Range] 2160 miles from French Polynesia"<< endl; 
}
else{
   std::cout << "Pacific (open waters) [Out of Transmission Range] 1080 miles from French Polynesia"<< endl;  
}
			
			system("PAUSE");

}
Compiler Build Output
Code:
------ Build started: Project: spaceStation, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------
Compiling...
viewEarth.cpp
.\viewEarth.cpp(10) : error C2065: 'shipPos' : undeclared identifier
main.cpp
.\main.cpp(24) : error C2065: 'Request1' : undeclared identifier
.\main.cpp(24) : error C2228: left of '.See' must have class/struct/union
        type is ''unknown-type''
Generating Code...
Build log was saved at "file://c:\Documents and Settings\RockStar\Desktop\Space_Station\spaceStation\spaceStation\Debug\BuildLog.htm"
spaceStation - 3 error(s), 0 warning(s)
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========