On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, John Ronan wrote: > > On 1 Nov 2006, at 22:49, Dick C. Reichenbach wrote: > > > I'm working on similar ideas. With the exception is that I wanted > > to do a FreeSBIE live disc. > > > > One of the things that I have mostly done is a script that will > > automaticly look up your rough QTH based on your callsign. > > So input your call and the script automaticly puts that into the > > xastir.cnf before starting xastir up. For a live CD that's kinda > > important. > Mmm.. I dunno about that.. your making the assumption that the person > has an internet connection... I wouldn't, but thats just me.
That is a pretty easy Y/N question though. It would be easy enough to ask the installer "should I do this" and then go out and check "is qrz.com reachable, if so, can I get this ham's (rough) Lat/Lon from there?" QRZ.com bases lat/lons on zipcodes, I think, unless it has been specifically adjusted. I'm sure there are other sites/ways to get that info too. I looked at this a little bit, following along with the following Java program to screen-scrape a club's lat/lons and create a .log file which Xastir can read: http://www.phil-mont.org/PMRCmap/PMRConTheMap.html -- Dan Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list Xastir@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir