Re: [Xastir] .xbm done for DENSE_FOG plus other info...

2007-08-06 Thread Richard Polivka, N6NKO
Jason, I can redo the .xbm's to allow for the dithering and proper stacking. The ones that I created were built to fill in the gaps. I can go through them and make sure that they will properly stack and not obliterate. Something to do while in my lazyboy listening to classical music enjoyi

Re: [Xastir] .xbm done for DENSE_FOG plus other info...

2007-08-06 Thread Jason Winningham
On Aug 6, 2007, at 6:24 AM, Eric H Christensen wrote: Shouldn't there be a way to prioritize them? For example, the Thunderstorm Warning should be trumped by the Tornado Warning. The current xbm's that I put together would "stack" - the text was placed so that text from one wouldn't go on

Re: [Xastir] .xbm done for DENSE_FOG plus other info...

2007-08-06 Thread Gerry Creager
Time of issue. A SVR will invariably be issued for an area prior to a TOR. A TOR and SVR are both short-term and short-fuse warnings. Service messages can screw with this logic, however. In the new scheme of warnings, the smaller polygon-based Storm Based Warnings should show up as smaller d

Re: [Xastir] .xbm done for DENSE_FOG plus other info...

2007-08-06 Thread Richard Polivka, N6NKO
Eric, The code, from what I see, can be prioritized. Last night, I had two up at once over Chicago - Svr Tstorm and Tornado. If they can be consistently layered, the need for priority goes out the window. The layering would allow for showing all warnings that are active for the area. 73 from 80

RE: [Xastir] .xbm done for DENSE_FOG plus other info...

2007-08-06 Thread Eric H Christensen
Shouldn't there be a way to prioritize them? For example, the Thunderstorm Warning should be trumped by the Tornado Warning. I think UIV had a prioritization scheme that showed the color for the highest alert and then on mouse over would show all of the alerts for that particular county. 73s,