Kevin, There is an alternative. You can turn on the server ports in xaster, launch the aprskml server (https://aprskml.dev.java.net/) and connect it to the xastir server port, and then point google earth at the aprskml server. It works pretty nicely.
Dick KC9JLU Kevin Ratcliff wrote: > Greetings, > > I see that recent versions of Xastir have the ability to create KML > file snapshots. Way cool! > > Google Earth can read "static" KML files. However, there's an every > better feature: "network" KML files that refresh automatically from a > web server on a configurable interval. > > Here's what I want to do: > > Run Apache on my Xastir box, and create a symbolic link to > ~/.xastir/tracklogs/file.kml so that Apache can serve the KML file and > Google Earth can refresh it automatically. Does that sound like it > should work? I haven't tried it yet. > > However, one potential problem I can see is that each KML file created > has a different filename based on the date/time. Is there a way I can > always point Apache to use the latest file? If not, could Xastir be > set to also output a KML with a filename that doesn't change (similar > to the way PNG snapshots work)? I can put in a feature request for > this if needed. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide! > > Kevin > KB9MQU > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
