[Xastir] Re: Questions about counties

[Jack Twilley]

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>>>>> "Curt" == Curt Mills <Curt> writes:

Jack> These files are in a special place because they're used for
Jack> special reasons, right?  Is there any chance that someone who
Jack> knows precisely what files to get and precisely where they are
Jack> could write a script like fcc-get to pull them down, process
Jack> them, and stick them in the right places?  It will be slightly
Jack> more difficult as the filenames appear to change, but it would
Jack> still be keen to tell new users "run nwsshp-get to update your
Jack> NWS shapefiles", especially if the Counties directory moves
Jack> under maps someday in a fit of rationality.

Curt> Yes.  That could be done.  Getting a file listing first would
Curt> allow you to figure out what the latest names are and then fetch
Curt> them.

Sounds like a plan.  I'd volunteer, but I can't find all the files.
The c_*.* files have skillfully evaded me.

Jack> All these weather alerts are *not* being passed over the air by
Jack> default, but are being passed over the Internet?  I grew up in
Jack> New England and the phone would inevitably go out just as I'd
Jack> want to know more about incoming storms -- why aren't these
Jack> propagated over RF?

Curt> Some of the NWS offices are set up to send some of the info over
Curt> the airwaves.  I think the WXsvr sends additional info and types
Curt> of packets though that aren't able to be sent by the NWS offices
Curt> currently.

Any way to get a list of the offices that are set up?  This kind of
information would be very good to set up on the home page.

Curt> Also, some stations are gating the weather alerts to RF, and
Curt> probably some of the weather objects as well (although Xastir
Curt> can't do the latter yet).

Curt> This is definitely an area that can be given much more thought.
Curt> I also don't like the idea of the Wxsvr being a single point of
Curt> failure.  It'd be nice to have one of those things in at least
Curt> each region if not each state.

And here I was thinking that at least one per county was probably a
good minimum.  

Jack.
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