Re: [Xastir] Proposed change to handling of gps-downloaded shapefiles.

2006-12-12 Thread Tom Russo
On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:06:03AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > > What I propose to change is to allow the dbfawk file to override the > hard-coded > stuff even when the file is in the GPS directory. The dbfawk file that is > w

[Xastir] [aprssig] TGR2SHP TIGER/Line translator is now Freeware (fwd)

2006-12-12 Thread Curt Mills
FYI. -- Curt, WE7U. archer at eskimo dot com http://www.eskimo.com/~archer 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!"

Re: [Xastir] Ask not what your Wiki can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your Wiki.

2006-12-12 Thread KC7ZRU - Tate
And don't forget your password! There's very limited password recovery available. In spite of the efforts of the site operator (thanks!), the wiki software doesn't make it easy to recover a lost password. It's '''much easier''' to just create a new login. I gave up getting a working password for

Re: [Xastir] Functionality Request

2006-12-12 Thread Tom Russo
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 02:05:42PM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > I am connected to the filter port 14580 > > My filter string is: > > m/200 -b/CW* -b/WX* > > This results in a filter that gives me all stations within 200K

Re: [Xastir] Functionality Request

2006-12-12 Thread Andreas Junge
I am connected to the filter port 14580 My filter string is: m/200 -b/CW* -b/WX* This results in a filter that gives me all stations within 200KM of my station, No CW and no WX stations. 73, Andreas, N6NU On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 13:51 -0800, Curt, WE7U wrote: > On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Chri

Re: [Xastir] Functionality Request

2006-12-12 Thread Tom Russo
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 01:51:10PM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Christian wrote: > > > If it is not too difficult, could a switch be installed inside the > > Station --> Filter Data menu to knock out the Winli

Re: [Xastir] Functionality Request

2006-12-12 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Christian wrote: > If it is not too difficult, could a switch be installed inside the > Station --> Filter Data menu to knock out the Winlink / ARRL images from > the display? The only current way to kill them off seems to be > disabling Select Objects / Items, but that kills

Re: [Xastir] Mac and GPS (was: Linux Standard Base Xastir Binary)

2006-12-12 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Chip G. wrote: > > GPSMan. Needs "lsb-Tcl/Tk" + "lsb-gpsmanshp". Change to > > "gpsbabel" instead? > > Hmmm. I like the sound of this. I haven't had any success in adding > GPSMan to my system. But I see that gpsbabel is available via Fink > (package management system). So t

Re: [Xastir] Ask not what your Wiki can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your Wiki.

2006-12-12 Thread James Ewen
Also... Do I need a password/account? You can view the Wiki information without an account. To be able to edit, you need to set up an account. The account is quick and easy to set up. It is needed to keep bots from wiping out Wikis... You can create an account and be able to edit the Wiki withi

[Xastir] Functionality Request

2006-12-12 Thread Christian
Hello, If it is not too difficult, could a switch be installed inside the Station --> Filter Data menu to knock out the Winlink / ARRL images from the display? The only current way to kill them off seems to be disabling Select Objects / Items, but that kills off APRS weather icons. I mainly

Re: [Xastir] Ask not what your Wiki can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your Wiki.

2006-12-12 Thread Tom Russo
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 02:51:49PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > On Dec 12, 2006, at 13:53, Steve Friis wrote: > > >Yea, but you should have put a link here somewhere so us fat-dumb- > >ugly ones can find it. > > Also... Do I nee

Re: [Xastir] Mac and GPS

2006-12-12 Thread Jason Winningham
On Dec 12, 2006, at 1:50 PM, Chip G. wrote: I haven't had any success in adding GPSMan to my system. I had GPSman working on my mac (until I installed a new OS and broke _everything_, mostly on purpose). I don't recall it being a significant effort, but I did find two things when I poked

Re: [Xastir] Ask not what your Wiki can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your Wiki.

2006-12-12 Thread Chip G.
On Dec 12, 2006, at 13:53, Steve Friis wrote: Yea, but you should have put a link here somewhere so us fat-dumb- ugly ones can find it. Also... Do I need a password/account? 73, --de Chip (N1MIE) FN41bn ___ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org ht

Re: [Xastir] Mac and GPS (was: Linux Standard Base Xastir Binary)

2006-12-12 Thread Chip G.
On Dec 12, 2006, at 12:00, Curt, WE7U wrote: The things we _don't_ have working yet under LSB are: [...] GPSMan. Needs "lsb-Tcl/Tk" + "lsb-gpsmanshp". Change to "gpsbabel" instead? Hmmm. I like the sound of this. I haven't had any success in adding GPSMan to my system. But I see that gps

Re: [Xastir] Ask not what your Wiki can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your Wiki.

2006-12-12 Thread Tom Russo
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 11:53:48AM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flavor, containing: > Tom Russo wrote: > > > >As one of the original skeptics of the utility of a Wiki over flat ASCII > >files, > >I have been trying to prove myself wrong by working on g

Re: [Xastir] Ask not what your Wiki can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your Wiki.

2006-12-12 Thread Steve Friis
Tom Russo wrote: The Xastir wiki can be a great source of documentation, kept up-to-date and growing by the concerted efforts of the Xastir community. Left to itself, however, it'll just become a cobweb site of stale information of no use to anyone. Right now, there is a very short list of p

[Xastir] Ask not what your Wiki can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your Wiki.

2006-12-12 Thread Tom Russo
The Xastir wiki can be a great source of documentation, kept up-to-date and growing by the concerted efforts of the Xastir community. Left to itself, however, it'll just become a cobweb site of stale information of no use to anyone. Right now, there is a very short list of people working on th

Re: [Xastir] Linux Standard Base Xastir Binary

2006-12-12 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Curt, WE7U wrote: > Here's what LSB-Xastir currently contains: > > Building with AX25 . : no > Building with Festival . : yes > Building with GPSMan ... : no > Building with Graphic

[Xastir] Linux Standard Base Xastir Binary

2006-12-12 Thread Curt, WE7U
We just got rid of the dependency on "/usr/bin/finger" in Xastir, replacing it with our own internal TCP code. Fetching the full NOAA weather alert text should always work now on all platforms including LSB. Double-click on an alert in the View->Weather Alerts dialog to see the full NOAA text.