[Xastir] WX stations

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On 28 May 2003, Chris Hare wrote:

> GReat - thanks Curt - this is cool.
>
> Now, I can't find the naming convention for the files.  For exampl,e the
> file I got are
>
> *ccdcu.shp
> *ctycu.shp
> *lk*.shp - which I assume are lakes
> *wat.shp which I assume is water
>
> how do I
>
> 1.  tell if it is a raster?

You need to get familiar with map extensions.  Anything like .tif,
.gif, .jpg, .png is a raster file.

.shp/.map/.pdb are vector files.


> 2.  decipher these names?

The tiger names are listed in either the online help or the
README.MAPS file.  Latter one I believe.


> 3.  configure tigermaps for a layer?

Map Chooser->Properties.

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