[Xastir] Mapping software enquiry

[Darrel Smith, VE7CUS]

I wanted to set this up for my GPS but when I go to the gpsmanshp site 
to download the file it says either I do not have permission or 
gpsmanshp_1.0.3.zip was not found on this server. How can I get this 
file?

Darrel, VE7CUS

On Dec 2, 2003, at 12:43 PM, Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Phil wrote:
>
>> My Garmin Etrex GPS receiver arrived in the mail earlier today and to 
>> test it
>> I walked around the local area covering just under 8 km. Now that I 
>> have
>> downloaded and saved the track data I'm wondering how I might display 
>> it on a
>> map.
>>
>> Xastir doesn't look like it can do the job, and even if it could I 
>> don't know
>> where I might get suitable maps. I could possibly create an 
>> application
>> myself based on scanned local maps, however such an application might 
>> already
>> exist.
>>
>> Does anyone know of such an application? I know that such 
>> applications exist
>> for Microsoft's Windows but I don't know if they will run under wine, 
>> even if
>> I could afford the price.
>
> Perish the thought.
>
> You want to suck in the track data with Xastir and use it as a map?
> Xastir can do that!
>
> Make sure you're running a somewhat recent Xastir development
> snapshot or the CVS version.
>
> Follow the instructions in the INSTALL file for compiling in GPSmap
> support.
>
> After that, you'll have some new buttons on your interfaces menu.
> Use the "Interface->Fetch GPS Track" menu option to snag the track
> directly into Xastir from the GPS.  At that point you'll have a
> Shapefile-format map in your ~/.xastir/tracklogs directory.  Here's
> an example set of filenames that I downloaded:
>
>     Tue_Sep_23_12:43:02_PDT_2003_PLS_APRS_Trail_Red.shx
>     Tue_Sep_23_12:43:02_PDT_2003_PLS_APRS_Trail_Red.shp
>     Tue_Sep_23_12:43:02_PDT_2003_PLS_APRS_Trail_Red.dbf
>
> If you now copy them to your maps directory and reindex maps, you'll
> see that map in the Map Chooser.
>
> You could also create a symlink from your maps directory down to the
> directory I called out above and reindex.  In fact if you do that
> the maps might get auto-reindexed and auto-selected for you, and
> appear magically on your Xastir screen at the completion of the
> download.
>
> -- 
> Curt Mills, WE7U                    hacker_NO_SPAM_ at tc.fluke.com
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