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<p><font face="Arial">Hi Matty,</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">I see your problem with BF boundaries, and
it's not such a problem that boundaries aren't shown. They can
certainly cover large areas, and have very irregular shapes;
sometimes multiple areas with individual boundaries within the
same incident. The WXSVR does at least provide a heads up to
look on the RFS site for more info. <br>
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<p>We're headed for a few days of quiet coastal conditions so I'll
have nothing to keep an eye out for, but that won't last!</p>
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<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Ray vk2tv<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05/12/17 16:23, Mathew McKernan
wrote:<br>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thanks for the feedback
Ray.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Bushfire objects are
positioned where the agency positions the main point of the
fire, typically this is the "point of origin" (side note, I am
a vol firefighter so have some internal knowledge).</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">The challenge with
warnings for large incidents is that they cover large areas as
you've suggested. I am looking into the polygon option for
these, but the maths hurts my head to represent those objects
from the hundreds of points assigned by the agency. At this
point, I can't transfer the polygon from the RSS Feed into
anything usable on APRS. I am working on possibly issuing it
similar to a weather warning but that means the incident will
cover a much larger area than the warning may be for.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Thanks for the heads up
regarding coastal wind warnings, I will check it out. I may
need to wait for the next issue of them and do some further
testing in real time.</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Cheers,</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Matty<br>
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color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> OZAPRS
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au"><ozaprs-bounces@aprs.net.au></a> on behalf of vk2tv
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vk2tv@exemail.com.au"><vk2tv@exemail.com.au></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 5 December 2017 1:31:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ozaprs@aprs.net.au">ozaprs@aprs.net.au</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OZAPRS] WXSVR</font>
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<p><font face="Arial">Hi Matty,</font></p>
<p>Here's an update on how the new WXSVR performed during the
weekend severe wx situation. This is with xastir.<br>
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<p>The ALERT for flooding worked just fine and an object
appeared in affected wx regions. Bushfire objects are
appearing but I'm not seeing the boundaries. The fires so far
have been small, but one current fire between Kempsey and Port
Macquarie is large enough (10ha) to display boundaries on the
NSW RFS "fires near me" web page. Xastir was zoomed in
considerably more than the fires near me page. Coastal wind
warnings appear to not be functioning correctly, however. This
part of the coast (Macquarie and Coffs coasts) was under
strong wind warning over the weekend but I didn't see any
ALERT zones. I did occasionally see the wind warning object
display but on each occasion it disappeared fairly quickly.
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It's great to be able to see some warnings again, and thanks
once more for your efforts.<br>
<br>
Ray vk2tv<br>
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