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

Fri Nov 21 10:55:45 EST 2008

Kev,

Which is better? How long is a piece of string!

I  ran UIView long before I started using xastir but I have to say that 
in my opinion xastir is better. It certainly handles maps much better 
than UIView. I think that if I hadn't been using Linux for the BBS 
system for near ten years I'd probably still swear by UIView. Having 
said that, installing Linux these days is a lot less painful than it was 
in yesteryear, but learning it, and configuring it hasn't changed much. 
If you're up to a challenge, Linux is worth the effort. Packaged 
versions (deb, rpm, etc) are available to simplify the installation and 
packaged releases are reasonably up-to-date. The current compiled 
version is 1.9.5 and the latest Debian package is 1.9.4 (AFAIK).

If you don't want to tackle a brick-wall learning curve, xastir will run 
under Cygwin, and there's even a ready to run version all wrapped up to 
run in a VMWare virtual machine. Be warned that it needs about 800MB of 
HDD. I installed it out of curiosity on my 3GHz P4 with 1GB of RAM and I 
found it painfully slow. I'm reasonably well conversed in Linux but I 
found the installation confusing to use, and it is based on Debian, 
which I've been using daily for ten years. I would recommend against the 
VMWare version. I can't comment on Cygwin.

Ray vk2tv

AV08OR wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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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