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

Fri Nov 21 10:35:51 EST 2008

Hi guys,

Will these warnings show up in ui-view? Have been googling Xastir, are  
many people using this on OZ? Is it better than ui-view?

Regards

kev VK2KEV

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On 21/11/2008, at 9:22 AM, "Geoff" <geoff at gatwards.org> wrote:

> You're NOT supposed to see the shapes unless they get highlighted by a
> warning.....
>
> -----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 8:17 PM
> To: Australian APRS Users
> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] Re: New APRS Weather Warning service for  
> Australia
>
> 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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