[OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU Update - NSW Bushfire info

[Geoff]

Hi Warren,

18 hours for a BFU sounds reasonable...  I'll update the timers so that it
will be so :)

Changing to only objects doesn't change the way things need to be processed
in the background.
We still need to somehow extract the location back to a 'zone' so that the
FROM address of the object can be correctly formatted. 

There are no changes needed to any IGates to pass this info, since the
source address will still match the configured filters - i.e. if your IGate
is configured to pass all NCLxxx messages for example,  NCLBFA will match
the NCL prefix and be passed to RF.

When I start on the other state fire alerts, if we can't extract the rough
area from the warning easily we may need to revert to a generic state prefix
for the ones we can't resolve.... 
If we go down this path we'll let you all know :)

Cheers,
Geoff


-----Original Message-----
From: ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] On
Behalf Of Warren VK3BYD
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 5:48 PM
To: 'Australian APRS Users'
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU Update - NSW Bushfire info

Hi Geoff,

I don't know how the RFS decide when a bushfire is a Warning or Advice.
But I would be tempted to push the Under Controls out to 18 hours.
This is on the basis that most of the fires that will generate the most
interest will occur in the afternoon. 
So a 12 hour expiry will have these BFU disappear from the map in the wee
small hours when most of us have gone to bed.
However with an 18 hour expiry they will remain on the map into the next
day, when we are up and about, this will keep us better informed about the
state of the fire. Rather than having it just disappear from our maps over
night

Has the change to Objects only helped with producing Objects for the
Victorian fires?

And lastly is there a need to change the UI-View Igate's to pass this new
data?

73
Warren.

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