[OZAPRS] Re: New APRS Weather Warning service for Australia
Ray Wells
vk2tv at exemail.com.au
Fri Nov 21 10:16:02 EST 2008
Haven't had a good chance to fiddle this morning but I turned that on
yesterday and it just filled the shapefile map with a grey background.
I'm not yet convinced it isn't operator error.
Ray vk2tv
Norm VK3XCI wrote:
> Maps menu > Enable Area Color Fill ???
>
>
> Norm VK3XCI
>
> Ray Wells wrote:
>> I've had the shapefile maps and data in both the Counties and the
>> base map directory (/usr/local/share/xastir/maps) and I'm not getting
>> filled areas, just the icon. However, by the time I got back in here
>> tonight the storms had passed so I'll have to wait for the next storm
>> event. I should be here most of Friday so should be well placed to
>> fiddle (technical term for configure) with xastir again under those
>> circumstances.
>>
>> I'm getting the shapefile map ok, with shire boundaries so I must be
>> close to the mark.
>>
>> Ray vk2tv
>>
>> Geoff wrote:
>>> Not sure, as I can't get my Xastir to fire up to check the configs
>>> at the
>>> moment - problem with my Text only server install... No X11
>>> installation at
>>> all so Xastir won't play :-(
>>>
>>> I suspect it has something to do with the shapefiles not being in the
>>> "Counties" directory (Delete them from the normal maps dir).
>>>
>>> I believe Scott 7HSE may have got it all running correctly with
>>> Xastir - if
>>> not then Ray 2TV won't be far behind :-)
>>>
>>> If someone has it working correctly with Xastir could you please post
>>> exactly what needs to be done ???
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> 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 7:23 PM
>>> To: Australian APRS Users
>>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Re: New APRS Weather Warning service for
>>> Australia
>>>
>>> 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! :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Scott Evans <scott at vk7hse.hobby-site.org
>>>>>>> <mailto:scott at vk7hse.hobby-site.org>>*
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