[OZAPRS] Re: Aust Govt maps download struggle

[Ray Wells]

Tony,

You have no idea how comforting it is to find somebody else who can't 
fathom shapefiles, hi.

If I could see a screen dump of a shapefile map, as used on APRS, I 
might have a better Idea of what they're all about. I produced a 
shapefile of Australia from Geoscience Australia data and it's nothing 
more than a line drawing that may as well have been traced from one of 
those plastic map things we had in primary school. I downloaded a 
squillion megabytes of data to get that!!

Cheers ... Ray vk2tv

Tony Hunt wrote:

>Steve/ Ray ,
>
>Thanks for the reply. I read about the ECW conversions via IRFANVIEW
which
>does not seem like a big problem.. I will give that a go later and make
some
>GEO files up for em.
>
>The Shapefiles have me stumped. I know nothing about shapefiles really.
>This is the problem.
>  
>
>>appropriate DBFAWK descriptor file .. Whats that ?
>>    
>>
>
>When I unzip the shapefiles from Geoscience they are massive. As in many
>files.. Its a bit of a mess really. Just the same I would not mind to
know
>what the go is with the DBFAWK descriptor file. I tried to Google for
some
>info on this but it seems complex..
>
>Tony Hunt VK5AH
>
>
>  
>
>>Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:51:16 +1100
>>From: Steve <stevez at tpg.com.au>
>>Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Aust Govt maps download struggle
>>To: VK / ZL APRS Users <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>Message-ID: <47A226B4.9090501 at tpg.com.au>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>>I use Geoscience Australia shapefiles here in Xastir (with an
>>appropriate DBFAWK descriptor file).
>>
>>Steve.
>>
>>Tony Hunt wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>I saw that link fly past from Norm I think regards the free
downloadable
>>>maps from the govt.. All  good .. I found the web site and registered
>>>and downloaded some maps..
>>>
>>>I probably didnt get the correct maps. Ive tried the shapefiles under
>>>xastir but didnt get anywhere.. What map type/format did you find
works?
>>>I just assumed the shapefiles would work as they are supported by
>>>xastir. What did I do wrong ?
>>>
>>>Tony VK5AH
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>
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