[OZAPRS] New to bothLinuxandXastir. Havingtrouble gettingthemapsinto the maps dir

[Andrew Errington]

First, welcome to Linux, and welcome to Xastir.

Secondly, don't fear the penguin.  I've been using Linux for a while now,
and to be honest you don't have to be a guru to get it going- just use it!

Thirdly, I find xastir a bit "clunky", but I recognise how full-featured
and powerful it is, so it's worth playing with.

And now my point (and I do have one).  I wrote a brief tutorial on using
UI-View maps with Xastir.  I hope you find it useful:

<http://zl3ame.blogspot.com/2008/11/using-uiview-maps-with-xastir.html>

If it's not useful, please tell me why, so I can update it.

73,

Andrew
ZL3AME

On Mon, April 13, 2009 13:19, Ray Wells wrote:
> Shaun,
>
>
> I copy inf2geo.pl to the map sub-directory for convenience and then run
> it with ./inf2geo.pl <mapname.inf>
> Don't forget the . (period) before the /
>
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
>
> Shaun Pitcher wrote:
>
>> Thanks Geoff,
>>
>>
>> Just trying to find how to run inf2geo.pl now.  In root shell console
>> however it can not find the command.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Shaun Pitcher
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Geoff" <geoff at gatwards.org>
>> Sent by: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au
>> 13/04/2009 01:36 PM
>> Please respond to
>> Australian APRS Users  <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>>
>>
>>
>> To
>> "'Australian APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
>> cc
>>
>> Subject
>> RE: [OZAPRS] New to     bothLinuxandXastir.     Havingtrouble
>> gettingthemapsinto the maps dir
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Shaun,
>>
>>
>> Ahhh - the GEO file isn't right.
>>
>>
>> I found that too when I tried to load up those maps with Xastir.....
>> I need to update the map packages with the corrected .geo files, but to
>> fix it yourself, make sure the .inf files are in the directory and run
>> the inf2geo.pl script to re-create the .geo files.
>>
>> They should end up with an IMAGESIZE parameter like this (same file as
>> yours, but corrected)
>>
>> FILENAME    NSW-100km-Gunbar.jpg
>> TIEPOINT    0           0       144.464833333333        -33.316
>> TIEPOINT    1023        767     145.908666666667
>> -34.2158333333333
>> IMAGESIZE   1024        768
>> #1024x768
>> #
>> # Converted from a .INF file by WE7U's inf2geo.pl script
>> #
>>
>>
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Shaun Pitcher
>>> Sent: Monday, 13 April 2009 1:26 PM
>>> To: Australian APRS Users
>>> Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] New to both LinuxandXastir. Havingtrouble
>>> gettingthemapsinto the maps dir
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the format of the GEO file:
>>>
>>>
>>> #FILENAME                NSW-100km-Gunbar.jpg
>>> URL              C:\Program Files\Radio Mobile\NSW-100km-Gunbar.jpg
>>> TIEPOINT                 0               0                144.4649
>>> -33.31607
>>> TIEPOINT                 1023            767              145.9087
>>> -34.21595
>>>
>>>
>>> The URL looks a bit too windows to me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Shaun Pitcher
>>>
>>>
>>>
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