Re: [Xastir] NWS maps and geo files
Gerry, I've fixed my problem. Maybe it was more an ID10T problem than not, but to solve it I did two things: 1) rebuilt xastir from source (I'm using FreeBSD 6.3), and 2) turned map transparency up. I think the xastir package I originally used did not like curl or something and never fetched the requested images. I've modified a few scripts from K5EHX to get other maps that N0R and N0Z and the .geo file output works well. I'm now seeing xastir fetch/wget the NOAA gif images and it appears everything is fb. Thanks much, Scott On Feb 18, 2008 8:31 AM, Gerry Creager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott, > > You're not asking for the underlying RIDGE maps and I don't think > they're directly available. All you're asking for below is the N0R > (base reflectivity, 0.5deg elevation) GIF.I honestly have not looked at > where it might put the temporary image. > > You should use local (or online) maps to get cartography. > > gerry > > > Scott Nolde N4CI wrote: > > I'm having a little difficulty viewing NWS maps. I've created a .geo > > file in my maps/Online directory which looks like this: > > URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif > > TIEPOINT1 1 -85.910617 35.020961 > > TIEPOINT600 550 -80.782832 30.320491 > > IMAGESIZE 600 550 > > REFRESH 300 > > TRANSPARENT 0x0 > > #OPTIONAL PARAMS > > GAMMA 2 > > #CONTRAST 0.5 > > #NEGATE > > #EQUALIZE > > #NORMALIZE > > #LEVEL > > #eof > > > > It seems I'm missing something fundamental when I try to view the map. > > It seems xastir doesn't fetch the map and it won't display the gif in > > the same directory. My user running xastir has read+write permissions > > to the online directory, also. > > > > Can anyone point to a how-to or provide some assistance in troubleshooting > > this? > > > > Thanks much, > > Scott, N4CI > > > ___ > > Xastir mailing list > > Xastir@xastir.org > > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > -- > Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University > Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.862.3983 > Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 > ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] NWS maps and geo files
Scott, You're not asking for the underlying RIDGE maps and I don't think they're directly available. All you're asking for below is the N0R (base reflectivity, 0.5deg elevation) GIF.I honestly have not looked at where it might put the temporary image. You should use local (or online) maps to get cartography. gerry Scott Nolde N4CI wrote: I'm having a little difficulty viewing NWS maps. I've created a .geo file in my maps/Online directory which looks like this: URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif TIEPOINT1 1 -85.910617 35.020961 TIEPOINT600 550 -80.782832 30.320491 IMAGESIZE 600 550 REFRESH 300 TRANSPARENT 0x0 #OPTIONAL PARAMS GAMMA 2 #CONTRAST 0.5 #NEGATE #EQUALIZE #NORMALIZE #LEVEL #eof It seems I'm missing something fundamental when I try to view the map. It seems xastir doesn't fetch the map and it won't display the gif in the same directory. My user running xastir has read+write permissions to the online directory, also. Can anyone point to a how-to or provide some assistance in troubleshooting this? Thanks much, Scott, N4CI ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] NWS maps and geo files
I believe that all of the NWS NEXRAD sites have been processed and put out there. The tiepoints had to be calculated from the .gfw file for the particular site. I believe that there was a thread some time ago discussing how to calculate the tiepoints. It should be in the listserver history files. 73 from 807, Richard, N6NKO Bennett, Joe wrote: I have a somewhat related question that I have not been able to find the answer to to date... I have similar .geo files for the NWS radar images that I received from another ham quite some time ago... I would like to add another radar, have the URL, but not sure how to identify the tie points... Any idea where to get that data? -Joe KA3NAM Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote: Scott, You may be looking at the wrong file on the server. Here is the .geo that I have for that site: #[JGX_N0R - produced from .gfw file by K1KWP - 2006-07-18] URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif TIEPOINT 0 0 -85.9106 35.0210 TIEPOINT 600 550 -80.7828 30.3205 IMAGESIZE 600 550 REFRESH 720 Change this line "URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif"; to read "URL http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif";. This directs xastir to get the picture from the load sharing server. Good luck, Richard, N6NKO Scott Nolde N4CI wrote: I'm having a little difficulty viewing NWS maps. I've created a .geo file in my maps/Online directory which looks like this: URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif TIEPOINT1 1 -85.910617 35.020961 TIEPOINT600 550 -80.782832 30.320491 IMAGESIZE 600 550 REFRESH 300 TRANSPARENT 0x0 #OPTIONAL PARAMS GAMMA 2 #CONTRAST 0.5 #NEGATE #EQUALIZE #NORMALIZE #LEVEL #eof It seems I'm missing something fundamental when I try to view the map. It seems xastir doesn't fetch the map and it won't display the gif in the same directory. My user running xastir has read+write permissions to the online directory, also. Can anyone point to a how-to or provide some assistance in troubleshooting this? Thanks much, Scott, N4CI ___ 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 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] NWS maps and geo files
Richard, When I manually fetch the files, each download succeeds: 78 [scott /usr/local/share/xastir/maps/Online]$ fetch http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif JGX_N0R_0.gif 100% of 27 kB 1548 kBps 79 [scott /usr/local/share/xastir/maps/Online]$ fetch http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif JGX_N0R_0.gif 100% of 28 kB 242 kBps I'm not seeing xastir fetch the file or display the gif already downloaded. Any further suggestions? - Scott On Feb 17, 2008 9:03 PM, Richard Polivka, N6NKO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott, > > You may be looking at the wrong file on the server. > > Here is the .geo that I have for that site: > > #[JGX_N0R - produced from .gfw file by K1KWP - 2006-07-18] > URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif > TIEPOINT 0 0 -85.9106 35.0210 > TIEPOINT 600 550 -80.7828 30.3205 > IMAGESIZE 600 550 > REFRESH 720 > > Change this line "URL > http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif"; to read > "URL http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif";. This > directs xastir to get the picture from the load > sharing server. > > Good luck, > > Richard, N6NKO > > > > Scott Nolde N4CI wrote: > > I'm having a little difficulty viewing NWS maps. I've created a .geo > > file in my maps/Online directory which looks like this: > > URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif > > TIEPOINT1 1 -85.910617 35.020961 > > TIEPOINT600 550 -80.782832 30.320491 > > IMAGESIZE 600 550 > > REFRESH 300 > > TRANSPARENT 0x0 > > #OPTIONAL PARAMS > > GAMMA 2 > > #CONTRAST 0.5 > > #NEGATE > > #EQUALIZE > > #NORMALIZE > > #LEVEL > > #eof > > > > It seems I'm missing something fundamental when I try to view the map. > > It seems xastir doesn't fetch the map and it won't display the gif in > > the same directory. My user running xastir has read+write permissions > > to the online directory, also. > > > > Can anyone point to a how-to or provide some assistance in troubleshooting > > this? > > > > Thanks much, > > Scott, N4CI > > ___ > > 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] NWS maps and geo files
I have a somewhat related question that I have not been able to find the answer to to date... I have similar .geo files for the NWS radar images that I received from another ham quite some time ago... I would like to add another radar, have the URL, but not sure how to identify the tie points... Any idea where to get that data? -Joe KA3NAM Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote: Scott, You may be looking at the wrong file on the server. Here is the .geo that I have for that site: #[JGX_N0R - produced from .gfw file by K1KWP - 2006-07-18] URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif TIEPOINT 0 0 -85.9106 35.0210 TIEPOINT 600 550 -80.7828 30.3205 IMAGESIZE 600 550 REFRESH 720 Change this line "URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif"; to read "URL http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif";. This directs xastir to get the picture from the load sharing server. Good luck, Richard, N6NKO Scott Nolde N4CI wrote: I'm having a little difficulty viewing NWS maps. I've created a .geo file in my maps/Online directory which looks like this: URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif TIEPOINT1 1 -85.910617 35.020961 TIEPOINT600 550 -80.782832 30.320491 IMAGESIZE 600 550 REFRESH 300 TRANSPARENT 0x0 #OPTIONAL PARAMS GAMMA 2 #CONTRAST 0.5 #NEGATE #EQUALIZE #NORMALIZE #LEVEL #eof It seems I'm missing something fundamental when I try to view the map. It seems xastir doesn't fetch the map and it won't display the gif in the same directory. My user running xastir has read+write permissions to the online directory, also. Can anyone point to a how-to or provide some assistance in troubleshooting this? Thanks much, Scott, N4CI ___ 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 mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
Re: [Xastir] NWS maps and geo files
Scott, You may be looking at the wrong file on the server. Here is the .geo that I have for that site: #[JGX_N0R - produced from .gfw file by K1KWP - 2006-07-18] URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif TIEPOINT 0 0 -85.9106 35.0210 TIEPOINT 600 550 -80.7828 30.3205 IMAGESIZE 600 550 REFRESH 720 Change this line "URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif"; to read "URL http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif";. This directs xastir to get the picture from the load sharing server. Good luck, Richard, N6NKO Scott Nolde N4CI wrote: I'm having a little difficulty viewing NWS maps. I've created a .geo file in my maps/Online directory which looks like this: URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif TIEPOINT1 1 -85.910617 35.020961 TIEPOINT600 550 -80.782832 30.320491 IMAGESIZE 600 550 REFRESH 300 TRANSPARENT 0x0 #OPTIONAL PARAMS GAMMA 2 #CONTRAST 0.5 #NEGATE #EQUALIZE #NORMALIZE #LEVEL #eof It seems I'm missing something fundamental when I try to view the map. It seems xastir doesn't fetch the map and it won't display the gif in the same directory. My user running xastir has read+write permissions to the online directory, also. Can anyone point to a how-to or provide some assistance in troubleshooting this? Thanks much, Scott, N4CI ___ 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] NWS maps and geo files
I'm having a little difficulty viewing NWS maps. I've created a .geo file in my maps/Online directory which looks like this: URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif TIEPOINT1 1 -85.910617 35.020961 TIEPOINT600 550 -80.782832 30.320491 IMAGESIZE 600 550 REFRESH 300 TRANSPARENT 0x0 #OPTIONAL PARAMS GAMMA 2 #CONTRAST 0.5 #NEGATE #EQUALIZE #NORMALIZE #LEVEL #eof It seems I'm missing something fundamental when I try to view the map. It seems xastir doesn't fetch the map and it won't display the gif in the same directory. My user running xastir has read+write permissions to the online directory, also. Can anyone point to a how-to or provide some assistance in troubleshooting this? Thanks much, Scott, N4CI ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
