[OZAPRS] Shapefiles

Ray Wells vk2tv at exemail.com.au
Mon Nov 1 21:28:09 EST 2010


Geoff,

No sweat, I hadn't seen the topic raised and wanted to be first :-)

When you get time will be fine by everyone, I'm sure.

Ray vk2tv

On 01/11/10 21:05, Geoff wrote:
>
> Hi Ray,
>
> New shapefiles are available from BoM, however as yet I have not 
> updated the WXSVR-AU side to use them.
>
> ftp://ftp.bom.gov.au/anon/home/adfd/spatial/
>
> The APRS changes will require code changes in Xastir and a new UI-View 
> client to be written, as well as a re-write of WXSVR-AU itself.
>
> (New clients specifically for our shapefiles so we can use them 
> 'as-is', making future changes seamless as per the NWS model)
>
> I still don't have my gear online yet after moving to VK8, so it may 
> be a while yet, but it's certainly high up on the list to do, as this 
> will 'fix' the boundary issues in both VK2 and VK3 and make use of the 
> new XML reports kindly made public by BoM J
>
> Geoff  VK2XJG/8
>
> *From:* ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au [mailto:ozaprs-bounces at aprs.net.au] 
> *On Behalf Of *Ray Wells
> *Sent:* Monday, 1 November 2010 2:07 PM
> *To:* Australian APRS Users
> *Subject:* [OZAPRS] Shapefiles
>
> Does anyone know if a new set of shapefiles will become available to 
> reflect recent changes to the BoM Coastal Waters boundaries? E.g. what 
> used to be the Mid North Coastal Waters District of Wooli to Seal 
> Rocks is now two districts, Coffs Coast, from Wooli to Smokey Cape 
> and, Macquarie Coast, from Smokey Cape to Seal Rocks.
>
> Ray vk2tv
>
>
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