[OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU Update - NSW Bushfire info

John Simon jrsimon at ozemail.com.au
Sun Jan 3 20:44:08 EST 2010


What are the latest NWS shape files?  I'm using something08 from memory.


                         73, John de VK2XGJ
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         So I go back to being me!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff" <geoff-lists at gatwards.org>
To: "'Australian APRS Users'" <ozaprs at aprs.net.au>
Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [OZAPRS] WXSVR-AU Update - NSW Bushfire info


> 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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