[OZAPRS] RE: New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia

Thu Nov 20 09:51:08 EST 2008

I can put them on my WebServer if that helps. I go nowhere near the 400
GB/Month download on it

Darryl

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-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf Of Larry
Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2008 9:49 AM
To: Australian APRS Users
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] RE: New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia

Hi

Have had considerable trouble downloading the zipped shapefiles.  I 
suspect the server may be overloaded - anyone else got a mirror 
organised or have them available for download.

Thanks Larry vk5ly

Geoff wrote:
> I'll try to put together a mini "howto" on the site soon.....
> 
> If you don't use the shapefiles, you will still see the Objects and
Messages
> for warnings, just not the affected area.
> 
> In a nutshell, the shapefiles are overlayed on your existing map, and
server
> to highlight the area affected by the warning.  The overlays are tinted in
> Yellow, Orange or Red depending on the message (ADVIS, WATCH or WARN)
> 
> For UI-View users, simply extract the three shapefile zip's to
> C:\Program Files\Peak Systems\UI-View32\NWS\Shapefiles
> 
> Restart UI-View and then go to FILE->UI-NWS
> This opens the NWS application that processes the messages, and controls
the
> display of the shapes.
> 
> 
> For Xastir, I haven't done this myself yet, although I have just
downloaded
> the latest source and will give it a go.  I'll post the HowTo on the
> wxsvr.aprs.net.au site.
> 
> Regards,
> Geoff
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
> Behalf Of Ray Wells
> Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2008 7:24 AM
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] RE: New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia
> 
> Can somebody provide a crash tutorial on implementing this?
> 
> Shapefiles are mentioned; is their use compulsory or can topo maps be 
> used? I have a preference for the latter and apart from a single trial 
> with shapefiles that left me totally unimpressed, I don't use them.
> 
> Maybe there's a dozen dumb questions just begging to be asked.
> 
> I find the US based "help" documentation quite confusing and convoluted, 
> often with outdated links or information.
> 
> Anyone care to comment?
> 
> Ray vk2tv
> 
> Geoff wrote:
>> With the number of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings current at the time of
>> writing for much of NSW and QLD, I have decided to swing the WXSVR-AU
> feeds
>> over to APRS-IS now.
>>
>>  
>>
>> I have also uploaded the current shapefiles.
>>
>>  
>>
>> There are still some glitches with the system that I'm trying to iron
out,
>> but I'm hoping that letting it loose to the network will allow more of
the
>> issues to be identified and corrected sooner than if it were just my eyes
>> looking for the problems :-)
>>
>>  
>>
>> I am gating SYD* and CTL* to RF in the Sydney area (via VK2RSW-1,
> VK2US-1).
>> Igates in other areas would need to be configured to allow appropriate
> data
>> to RF..
>>
>> For example in NSW:
>>
>> VK2HIM-1 = ILL*, SCT*
>>
>> VK2ZEN-5 = HNT*
>>
>> VK2TV = MNC*, NTL*, NTR*
>>
>> VK2ASY-1 = CTL*, CWS*
>>
>> VK2KAW = RIV*, SWS*
>>
>> VK1NPW = STL*
>>
>>  
>>
>> Etc etc. . . 
>>
>>  
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Geoff  VK2XJG
>>
>>  
>>
>>   _____  
>>
>> From: Geoff [mailto:geoff at gatwards.org] 
>> Sent: Monday, 17 November 2008 8:34 PM
>> To: 'Australian APRS Users'
>> Subject: New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia
>>
>>  
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>>  
>>
>> As some of you may be aware, we have been working on a project in the
>> background to establish an APRS Weather Server to disseminate warning
>> information via APRS, in a similar method and format to the NWS messages
> in
>> the USA.
>>
>>  
>>
>> After several months of on again, off again scripting, testing and
>> frustration, we finally have something that is ALMOST ready to be let
> loose
>> on our national APRS network.  The system is known as WXSVR-AU and will
>> generate area messages, objects and plain text messages that will be
>> targeted at areas affected by current warnings from the Bureau of
>> Meteorology.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Full details of the project are online at  http://wxsvr.aprs.net.au
>> <http://wxsvr.aprs.net.au/>   
>>
>> There are still some sections of the site that are as yet incomplete, but
>> the information that is there should provide a teaser of what is coming
> your
>> way, and how to prepare to handle the data.  We would appreciate it if
> IGate
>> operators could configure their systems to gate the relevant area
messages
>> to RF to maximize the benefits of this system.
>>
>>  
>>
>> The data stream is not yet publically available - however I'm hoping by
> end
>> of November the last few bugs with the protocol implementation will be
>> resolved, and at this stage the WXSVR-AU stream will be allowed into the
>> wider APRS-IS.
>>
>> When it is, it will be available via the standard APRS-IS streams.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Since the protocol used is identical to that used in the USA, the
standard
>> NWS clients for UI-View and other applications can be used to display
this
>> data.
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> Hopefully get the shapefiles uploaded this week and swing the data stream
>> over to the live network soon after.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Any comments, questions etc welcome.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Geoff  VK2XJG
>>
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