Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread James Ewen
On 9/21/07, Joe Veldhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also took the one that James posted for the Geobase.ca road maps and > hacked at it a bit. My goal was to make them look the same as the Tiger road > maps, and that's pretty much what it does, although it doesn't correctly set > the > street

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Joe Veldhuis
The listserver is blocking Gmail all of a sudden, so trying this again from an old account... Interesting discussions so far. I'm particularly interested in what might come out of the contact Gerry mentioned... Anyway, on the topic of .dbfawk's, I've thrown together a few for the river, lake,

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Brad Douglas
On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 12:52 -0700, Mike Fenske wrote: > Gerry Creager wrote: > > Without me talking to Tom Kralidis again ('til both he and I are home) > > what are the restrictions on snagging and posting the maps on > > ftp://aprs.tamu.edu/incoming ? > > > >> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Mike Fenske
Gerry Creager wrote: Without me talking to Tom Kralidis again ('til both he and I are home) what are the restrictions on snagging and posting the maps on ftp://aprs.tamu.edu/incoming ? On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske wrote: Hi Joe. I use shapefiles for British Columbia from here: http://

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Mike Fenske
Curt, WE7U wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske wrote: I am getting an error when I try to create a profile to login. IOError[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'data/user/1190394666.64.41206' Any ideas? Yea. Talk to Bill Vodall, wa7nwp about it. Since we have our own Xastir Wiki now, it mig

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Gerry Creager
Without me talking to Tom Kralidis again ('til both he and I are home) what are the restrictions on snagging and posting the maps on ftp://aprs.tamu.edu/incoming ? Curt, WE7U wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske wrote: Hi Joe. I use shapefiles for British Columbia from here: http://www.

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske wrote: > I am getting an error when I try to create a profile to login. > > IOError[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'data/user/1190394666.64.41206' > > Any ideas? Yea. Talk to Bill Vodall, wa7nwp about it. Since we have our own Xastir Wiki now, it might be advisabl

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Mike Fenske
Curt, WE7U wrote: Naw, this one: I am getting an error when I try to create a profile to login. IOError[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'data/user/1190394666.64.41206' Any ideas? Mike VE7MKF ___ Xastir

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske wrote: > Curt, WE7U wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske wrote: > > > >> Hi Joe. I use shapefiles for British Columbia from here: > >> > >> http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/Publications/catalog/bcgeolmap.htm > > > > Have you added that to the Maps Wik

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Mike Fenske
Curt, WE7U wrote: On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske wrote: Hi Joe. I use shapefiles for British Columbia from here: http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/Publications/catalog/bcgeolmap.htm Have you added that to the Maps Wiki page? If not, please do! Looks like it's already there: http:

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Curt, WE7U
On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Mike Fenske wrote: > Hi Joe. I use shapefiles for British Columbia from here: > > http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geolsurv/Publications/catalog/bcgeolmap.htm Have you added that to the Maps Wiki page? If not, please do! -- Curt, WE7U: XASTIR: "Lotto: A tax on people

Re: [Xastir] Water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada?

2007-09-21 Thread Mike Fenske
Joe Veldhuis wrote: Much as the subject implies, I am wondering if anyone has come across any good sources of water/hydrology shapefiles for Canada. The Tiger shapefiles for the US look great, but the parts of Canada in my usual map view look depressingly dead in comparison without similar dat

RE: [Xastir] Xastir with D700

2007-09-21 Thread David Flood
Tony, The correct Xastir interface type for a D700 is Serial TNC with GPS on AUX port. If you use the pre-built start and stop scripts you won't even have to change modes before starting Xastir. It'll do that for you. Dave KD7MYC -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAI

[Xastir] Xastir with D700

2007-09-21 Thread Tony Hunt
Just a quick question .. I have never tried Xastir with the D700 in the mobile .. What is the best interface type to use and setup with the GPS plugged into the D700 .. I see there are startup and stop scripts for the D700 I guess I just need to pick the correct interface type . Going from memory t