[OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU Coastal Forecast Areas now available

[Geoff]

Yes - only one set can exist in the NWS directories.
It's also a good idea to shut down the application before changing shp
files, as they get cached by the applications.

Geoff

-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf Of Ben Lindner
Sent: Friday, 28 November 2008 5:34 PM
To: Australian APRS Users
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU Coastal Forecast Areas now available

Do we have to delete the old files before installing the new ones

Ben
VK5JFK

Geoff wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>  
>
> I have just uploaded a new  z_aus28no08 and mz_aus28no08  to WXSVR-AU.
>
>  
>
> These updated files move the Coastal forecast areas into the z_ file so
that
> they will now work correctly with Xastir.
>
> I've also been able to 'clean up' the coastline so that the land areas do
> not extend out to sea, and the coastal areas no longer extend inland.
>
>  
>
> At this stage the mz_ file is not used by any of our products, as we
cannot
> duplicate the state codes required for Xastir to work with this file -
these
> are used for Hurricane warnings in the US, and if we duplicate them we'll
be
> sending bogus data into their network.
>
>  
>
> Please update your shapefiles to the latest versions and let me know if
> there are any issues.
>
>  
>
> Regards,
>
> Geoff  VK2XJG
>
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