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

[David]

Hi Geoff....most of the warnings are coming thru...i note that in 
UI-View the area around  say a thunderstorm warning is shown to be 
Red...in Xastir i dont get the colors on the maps....only the 
thunderstorm icon and info....
i have the flood warning for Brisbane Ipswich area showing up ok

what have i done wrong???

73 David VK4BDJ


David wrote:
> Hi Geoff....yep thats what i read and why i left them in both Counties 
> and maps.....working quite well here on Xastir 1.9.5 from the CVS on 
> Kubuntu 8.04
>
> 73 David VK4BDJ
>
>
>
> Geoff wrote:
>> OK - It'll be the Counties one that is being used. . . .    From the 
>> XASTIR
>> readme. . . .
>>
>> ======================
>>
>> Note that weather alert shapefiles must go into the
>> /usr/local/share/xastir/Counties directory.  All other shapefiles 
>> must go
>> into the /user/local/share/xastir/maps directory (and subdirectories
>> below that of your choosing).
>>
>> Check that Map|Enable Weather Alerts is enabled, and "Map|Disable All 
>> Maps"
>> is _not_ selected.
>>
>> ======================
>>
>> If we can confirm that these files are working correctly with Xastir 
>> I'll
>> update the web pages accordingly.
>>
>>
>> BTW - SEC no longer exists - you'll need to grab the latest z_ and c_ 
>> files
>> (dated 20no08) as  SEC conflicted with a national code in the US.  
>> SEC is
>> now replaced by SEQ
>>
>> Regards,
>> Geoff
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
>> Behalf Of David
>> Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2008 10:45 AM
>> To: Australian APRS Users
>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Re: New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia
>>
>> Hi Geoff....have seen the SEC flood warnings come up as overlays over 
>> a .jpg map of Aust im using.....i have the LDG maps in both the 
>> Counties and maps dir
>>
>> 73 David VK4BDJ
>>
>>
>>
>> Geoff wrote:
>>  
>>> Can you confirm that they do trigger as overlays over whatever map you
>>>     
>> have
>>  
>>> loaded if they are in the maps dir ??   I think the special NWS 
>>> handling
>>> need to have them in the Counties directory........
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
>>> Behalf Of David
>>> Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2008 9:39 AM
>>> To: scott at vk7hse.hobby-site.org; Australian APRS Users
>>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Re: New APRS Weather Warning service for 
>>> Australia
>>>
>>> Hi Scott...thanks for the Xastir info....did read in the Help files 
>>> that the NWS maps went into the /usr/local/share/xastir/Counties
>>> dir...will copy to the MAPS dir and see how they work.....
>>> the VK4ZZ I-Gate has been configured to sent the warning to RF
>>>
>>> 73 David VK4BDJ
>>>
>>>
>>> Scott Evans wrote:
>>>      
>>>> Hi Ray & others...
>>>>
>>>> For Xastir just either extract as directories or files and place in 
>>>> your MAPS directory! (/usr/local/share/xastir/maps) then enable 
>>>> through the map chooser then sit back and enjoy! :)
>>>>
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