Re: [Xastir] online radar
Some time ago, a group of us took the RIDGE radars and created .geo's for them. If you do a search in the archives, you may find the messages that relate to them and put them into your map database. 73 from 807, Richard, N6NKO Kurt Freiberger wrote: I just talked to Gerry, and he will look at it later tonight, as soon as the current crisis abates. 73/Kurt Ryan Tourge wrote: It seems the online radar images from http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/ have stopped updating. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] online radar
I just talked to Gerry, and he will look at it later tonight, as soon as the current crisis abates. 73/Kurt Ryan Tourge wrote: It seems the online radar images from http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/ have stopped updating. -- Kurt A. Freiberger Austin, TX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Amateur Radio Callsign WB5BBW AIM Handle: WB5BBW "Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself." - Lois McMaster Bujold - "A Civil Campaign" ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] possible feature request: new "select station types to display" dialog?
Hi Jason, You are exactly right. All the functionality to do what you want is there, it just isn't easily accessible. Xastir needs a better "layering" mechanism. The ability to turn on or off map (and object) layers more easily than the "Map Chooser" and the "View"->"Mobile Stations" etc. Now, do I have the capacity to do this? no. Sorry. Very sorry. Craig On Jan 28, 2008, at 3:02 PM, Jason KG4WSV wrote: A recent post to the APRSSIG (about usefulness to EOC type users) got me thinking, and I wonder if we would be better served by a different way to select the stations displayed on the map? I would imagine this would be most useful for special events operations. The basic idea would be to allow the user to select/deselect _any_type of station for viewing based on station type, so for example, if one wanted to see only WX, fire trucks, and ambulances, the view could be reduced to that. I guess the simplest interface would be a grid of icons, pretty much exactly like the one that allows you to choose your station icon, that would allow the user to select which type of stations would be displayed. Maybe refinements could be the ability to display full data (as currently selected for callsign/speed/heading/age/wx data/etc), icon only, or no display, would be useful (haven't thought so much about that one). I'm not too sure I've formulated the idea to well, so I thought I'd throw it out here before I formulated a feature request. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] possible feature request: new "select station types to display" dialog?
A recent post to the APRSSIG (about usefulness to EOC type users) got me thinking, and I wonder if we would be better served by a different way to select the stations displayed on the map? I would imagine this would be most useful for special events operations. The basic idea would be to allow the user to select/deselect _any_type of station for viewing based on station type, so for example, if one wanted to see only WX, fire trucks, and ambulances, the view could be reduced to that. I guess the simplest interface would be a grid of icons, pretty much exactly like the one that allows you to choose your station icon, that would allow the user to select which type of stations would be displayed. Maybe refinements could be the ability to display full data (as currently selected for callsign/speed/heading/age/wx data/etc), icon only, or no display, would be useful (haven't thought so much about that one). I'm not too sure I've formulated the idea to well, so I thought I'd throw it out here before I formulated a feature request. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Testing
The listserver appears to have been down but now is up. Mailbox flood ;) On 2/10/08 2:34 AM, "Tony Hunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just testing.. Ive sent a few messages to this list of late and they all > seem to have fallen into a black hole. Is it still operational ? > > Tony Hunt VK5AH > > ___ > Xastir mailing list > Xastir@xastir.org > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] VMWare serial ports
two ways to do it: 1 - make windows leave your usb/rs232 adapter alone, and let the vm have that device 2 - let windows have the usb/rs232 adapter, and let vmware provide the vm with a (virtual) com port. I have found approach 2 to be the least problematic, but a bit more difficult to set up. It's documented in the xastir wiki (howto section, IIRC). -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] WX station question
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Tony Hunt wrote: > Just a quick question. What options are there to connect a WM918 wx > station to xastir? > I see 2 interfaces in the menu. One is serial and the other is Networked. > Do either of these require drivers or other packages ? I see a mention > of a wx200 package > on some sites but perhaps xastir can connect directly to the rs232 > device port and read that. > > Ive no experience with this yet but interested in whats been done. I believe you can do it direct or via the WX200 daemon. http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php/Major_Features I wrote the original web page that Wiki page was derived from, and I went through the sources to figure it out. Been a while though. I have a LaCrosse and a Dallas weather station to play with, but no RS/Oregon Scientific/Huger stations. -- Curt, WE7U: XASTIR: "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system! ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Custom unproto path for Objects/Items
I was wondering if it would be possible to add the ability in xastir to set custom unproto paths for objects and items? For example, if I have my TNC interface configuration path for WIDE2-2, but I only want the local object to be WIDE2-1, I can't seem to do that with most of the APRS clients I've tried. This could help keep objects of local interest from being QRM to surrounding areas. Thanks & 73 de Joseph Durnal NE3R ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Testing
Just testing.. Ive sent a few messages to this list of late and they all seem to have fallen into a black hole. Is it still operational ? Tony Hunt VK5AH ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Complete set of TIGER 2006 SE shapefiles now available!
At 06:50 2/9/2008, Tom Russo wrote: On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:18:40AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > At 07:33 5/21/2007, Tom Russo wrote: >> Thanks to the efforts of Jason Winningham and his cluster of linux >> workstations, >> the entire set of TIGER/Line 2006 Second Edition files have been converted >> to shapefile format --- both polyline and polygon conversions. >> >> Thanks to Gerry Creager, these are available for download now at >> ftp://aprs.tamu.edu/pub/TIGER_2006_SE/ > > Is this still good? I just tried and couldn't get to the server. Yes, the aprs.tamu.edu site is still good. I just tried and the server was fine. Must be my internet connection here -- the air card is a little finicky when the signal isn't very strong. Thanks, Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Complete set of TIGER 2006 SE shapefiles now available!
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 06:18:40AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > At 07:33 5/21/2007, Tom Russo wrote: >> Thanks to the efforts of Jason Winningham and his cluster of linux >> workstations, >> the entire set of TIGER/Line 2006 Second Edition files have been converted >> to shapefile format --- both polyline and polygon conversions. >> >> Thanks to Gerry Creager, these are available for download now at >> ftp://aprs.tamu.edu/pub/TIGER_2006_SE/ > > Is this still good? I just tried and couldn't get to the server. Yes, the aprs.tamu.edu site is still good. I just tried and the server was fine. -- Tom RussoKM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM "And, isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, oooh, oooh, oooh, the sky is the limit!" --- The Tick ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] IF they get more in stock..
This little 12 channel USB GPS receiver works fine with Xastir on both my HP laptop and my 'Frankenstein' desktop PCs. It's about the size of a matchbox car. Bit wider. http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=UT-41 About $29+sh Just got mine via FedEx ground - have'n fun!! No personal interest in geeks.com - just know some have been look'n around for inexpensive GPS pucks. ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] WX stations connection ?
I tried posting this question a while back but it never reached this list for some reason. Ive no experiences with Weather stations and Xastir. So just looking for clues. What are the options for connecting a WM918 station to xastir? I see there are 2 types of WX port configs. One is for a direct serial and the other is via a network. What are the WX200 and Weather update software packages all about? Are these mandatory with xastir to make it work? Has anybody got it connected using a USB to serial converter ? Tony Hunt VK5AH ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] online radar
It seems the online radar images from http://mesonet.tamu.edu/gemdata/images/radar/ have stopped updating. -- Ryan Tourge - K2RRT ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] MPR support
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hi! This is a feature request: may any developer please include libmpr from http://libmpr.origo.ethz.ch/ into Xastir? MPR/MPH format is used by the TOP50 CD-ROMs released by the german, austrian and swiss land surveying offices. Regards, Andreas Weller, DF1PAW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHqQnFZAUSLfjKnkYRA3nMAJ9eg1i26HhvtXrzMW4CeBept3scYACeP9Ms lQVOrIB+PXD2tymy8CSaFnY= =sVgK -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Xastir install and compile tutorial
I got through setting up Ubuntu 7.10 fine but I'm running into a brick wall following the directions to set up Xastir. Anyone have a different web site that explains how to do it? I get the Sourceforge download but I get lost after that. Can someone help me through this just to get it up and running? Thanks so much in advance and to the programmers who work so hard on this. I've seen this work on others machines but I'm just now taking the time to try it. Ronny K4RJJ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Maps
Anyone know where I can get Canadian maps comparable to tiger maps? VE9MB ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Xastir Development Release
Project: XASTIR (xastir)
Package: xastir-development
Date : 2008-02-04 12:14
Project "XASTIR" ('xastir') has released the new version of package
'xastir-development'. You can download it from SourceForge.net by
following this link:
or browse Release Notes and ChangeLog by visiting this link:
Homepage:
This version has added some support for Google Earth and for
MySQL/PostgreSQL databases.
LSB and SuSE-RPM binary packages have been updated also.
--
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[Xastir] OpenStreetMap?
I just discovered via an article on newsforge, the OpenStreetMap project. Since they're already incorporating all of the TIGER data, as well as some other mass sources and massive amounts of individual contributions, it would seem to me a worthy goal to find a way to support their use with xastir. Has this been discussed before, and I'm just late to the party, or what? -- Rick Green, N8BJX "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -Benjamin Franklin ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Can you view GPS data?
If you turn on some debugging, you can see lots of stuff scroll by, including the NMEA sentences, and watch what Xastir does with them. Start Xastir from an Xterm like this: xastir -v 128 & I got the "128" from the DEBUG_LEVELS file. Once you get practiced at reading the output, you might be able to find what you need. The problem is that Xastir seems to "lose" my GPS from time to time. I'd like to be able to see the NMEA strings, so I can tell if the data is getting from the GPS to Xastir, and it's just lost lock or something, or whether the virtual serial port has keeled over and died. Thanks, Earl KD5XB -- Earl Needham Clovis, New Mexico DM84jk http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cw_bugs Quoting from the Coast Guard: ZUT ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] VMWare serial ports
Has anyone figured this out? Got the Ethernet stuff running with "nat"... But the serial ports are stumping me... I'm running VMWare with Unbuntu 7.10 downloaded from the VMWare site.. I have compiled Xastir successfully and all works fine with the internet connection... I then ventured into adding on my USB -> Serial adapters and I've been stumped I am not sure how to configure Xastir to use the converter... It's not clear to me what I should point Xastir to in /dev/... Anyone have any experience with this -Joe KA3NAM http://www.damtravel.com ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Re: [ubuntulinux] Re: Screen Resolution problem
Test I have quit receiving ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Portable operation of T42 to internet via BT and smartphone
Here is a process that I am sure can be adapted for connecting to the internet with you laptop using BT. This works for me on my IBM T42, Fedora 8, Cingular 8525 smartphone, and bluetooth. I suggest that you get an unlimited data plan or the cellphone carrier will eat your bones for an appetizer. --- Process to connect to internet using IBM Thinkpad T42, Fedora 8 KDE, and Cingular/AT&T 8525 (HTC) smartphone running WM6 Documents used: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/bluetooth-guide.xml http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_setup_Bluetooth Linux kernel source tree (>=2.6.22) under Documentation/thinkpad_acpi.txt http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/09/21/rediscovering-bluetooth.html?page=last Make sure that all the bluetooth programs are installed: kdebluetooth-libs, bluez-libs, kdebluetooth, bluez-utils, kmobiletools, bluez-hcidump, bluez-libs-devel, kdebluetooth-devel, and dependencies. Set up bluetooth operation per the thinkpad-acpi.txt documentation. The default acpi-mask does not allow for Fn-F5 to turn on/off bluetooth. Put these files in make life easier using a root shell: /etc/acpi/actions/bluetooth.sh (permissions 755): #!/bin/bash # # Bluetooth on/off control # if [ -e /tmp/bluetooth ] then echo enable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth touch /tmp/bluetooth else echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth rm /tmp/bluetooth fi /etc/acpi/events/bluetooth.conf (permissions 744): # # Bluetooth control # event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 0080 1005 action=/etc/acpi/actions/bluetooth.sh I also forced /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hotkey_mask equal to /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hotkey_bios_mask. This allows fn-F5 to toggle bluetooth on/off and has the added benefit of turning off the gray button display box in the center of the screen when you hit a hotkey. The setup is done by editing /etc/rc.d/init.d/acpid under the "start", "restart", and "condrestart" section with the following line: cat /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hotkey_bios_mask > /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/hotkey_mask This line is inserted before the ";;" line in each of the above mentioned sections. I also created a read-only file /etc/bluetooth/pin with my pin number. I also edited /etc/bluetooth/hcid.conf "passkey" to be the same number as in /etc/bluetooth/pin. After the above changes, you can restart acpid to update its operation. Start kbluetooth. Turn on bluetooth on the Thinkpad and on the smartphone. Don't forget to make the smartphone discoverable and the laptop discoverable. In the same root shell, do an "hcitool scan" to find the hardware id of the smartphone. For the rest of this document, we will call the hardware ID of the smartphone xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx. We will need this ID number later to do the pairing. Now on the smartphone, go to "Internet Sharing" and set it up for "Bluetooth PAN" and "MEdia Net". Hit "connect" and let the phone register itself to the cellular network. When the phone indicates that the network connection is complete, you can continue on. Now enter the command "sdptool add NAP". This allows the service to be used. The following command "pand --role PANU --service NAP --connect xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" will do a couple of things: 1) Allow for pairing, and 2) set up the data connection. You will be asked for the PIN numbers on both the smartphone and laptop. Enter the appropriate numbers and this will complete the pairing. Both the smartphone and the laptop should remember the pairing for future use. Once the pairing is done, turn off discovery on both the laptop and the smartphone as it will not be necessary unless you break the pairing. After completing the pairing, you need to give the created interface an address. I use "ifconfig bnep0 192.168.1.1". Now that the laptop is given an address, we need to get the rest of the needed routing information. Issue the command "dhclient bnep0" and that should get you on the air and running when the command prompt returns. To disconnect the connection, just go to "Internet Sharing" and disconnect. The pairing will drop and you will be disconnected from the internet. A warning to the wise - You had better have the unlimited internet package or expect a huge bill. You can also power the smartphone from the laptop via USB by making sure that START > SETTINGS > USB to PC has the advanced network functionality option not selected. This will save the battery in the smartphone. This process may work for other combinations but the process should be pretty much the same. Good Luck and happy surfing. -- Richard, N6NKO ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Map source?
Greetings, I stumbled across this website http://libremap.org/data/. Is the data here what Xastir needs? There are TIFFs for the topographical data as well as county data (outlines?) as SVG. I have found a library reference to the DRG CDs located at Southern New Hampshire University. I have not attempted to visit yet. Also, is there a recommended SVG viewer (Windows)? Thanks! Best regards, Fred ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Can you view GPS data?
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Earl Needham wrote: > Is there a way to view the NMEA strings from a GPS from inside > Xastir? Kind'a sort'a. If you don't go into debug mode then you'll only see "GGA" or "RMC" appear very briefly on the status line (on the left). That's not much to go on though. If you turn on some debugging, you can see lots of stuff scroll by, including the NMEA sentences, and watch what Xastir does with them. Start Xastir from an Xterm like this: xastir -v 128 & I got the "128" from the DEBUG_LEVELS file. Once you get practiced at reading the output, you might be able to find what you need. -- Curt, WE7U: XASTIR: "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system! ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
RE: [Xastir] Re: [ubuntulinux] Re: Screen Resolution problem
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Earl Needham wrote: > > Well I think I got 'er goin', except I'm still trying to > figure out how to connect to the GPS and TNC from within > VMWare. I'll fol with it for a while and maybe get it done. Can someone running VMWare help out Earl? -- Curt, WE7U: XASTIR: "Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown "Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system! ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Did WXSVR go toes up?
Appears to be dead. No messages here on two feeds here. Jus' waitin' on the ugly stuff to move in... 43 out now, -5 tonight, mix of snow, high winds, bad windchills. Hopefully, no twisters. I am so glad that I have a brick house to insulate against the winds. Most homes here are wood siding and leak like sieves. 73 from 807, Richard, N6NKO ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] wx data display as continuous shades?
I don't know the terminology, but I've wondered how / how difficult it would be to display APRS weather data the way TV stations do - for example, temp data would be some pseudo-continuous shading based on relative temperature (or wind speed, wind direction, rainfall accumulation, or whatever). I'm not necessarily suggesting this for an xastir feature, mostly just throwing it out here where some developers and weather types hang out and maybe will comment. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Vector Formats.
HI, shapefile certainly seems the most flexible to me, given the dbfawk capability we currently have. As far as I know, the other vector formats supported by xastir do not have capability to change features (color, line style, etc), or have hard coded support. now I'll shut up and let the experts answer. (: Yeah, my post took so long to appear, I emailed an 'expert' directly (who'll remain nameless/blameless), and I got just what I was looking for. Thanks John -- John Ronan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, +353-51-302938 Telecommunications Software & Systems Group, http://www.tssg.org ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] Map source?
Greetings, I stumbled across this website http://libremap.org/data/. Is the data here what Xastir needs? There are TIFFs for the topographical data as well as county data (outlines?) as SVG. I have found a library reference to the DRG CDs located at Southern New Hampshire University. I have not attempted to visit yet. Thanks! Fred ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Re: [ubuntulinux] Re: Screen Resolution problem
In my fairly limited experience with VMware, it doesn't like it when the serial ports/USB devices come and go, especially if they are in use. If you hard code com port support in the VMware config file (e.g., you let windows take care of the USB/rs232 driver and let VMware see a com port) things do not work well if that usb/rs232 device goes away, to the point it may take a reboot of the VM and a restart of VMware player to get it sane again. -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] Vector Formats.
On Jan 25, 2008 3:15 PM, John Ronan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Evening, > > Someone new to APRS in Ireland with access to mapping data has asked > me "If" I had a choice of formats, what would I be looking for. Now > I'm fairly sure that 'shapfile' is the answer, but I know that its > not as simple as that. What would be the 'correct' answer, or could > someone point me at an 'ideal' map? shapefile certainly seems the most flexible to me, given the dbfawk capability we currently have. As far as I know, the other vector formats supported by xastir do not have capability to change features (color, line style, etc), or have hard coded support. now I'll shut up and let the experts answer. (: -Jason kg4wsv ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
[Xastir] WX station question
Just a quick question. What options are there to connect a WM918 wx station to xastir? I see 2 interfaces in the menu. One is serial and the other is Networked. Do either of these require drivers or other packages ? I see a mention of a wx200 package on some sites but perhaps xastir can connect directly to the rs232 device port and read that. Ive no experience with this yet but interested in whats been done. -- Tony Hunt VK5AH ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
