[Xastir] PostGIS shapefile dumps

[Brian D Heaton]

Curt,

	Ssshhhh! Nobody is supposed to know about the transdimensional space
out there....

Erik,

	It is possible you're bringing the GPS data in as UTM or some other
coordinate system and that ogr2ogr or pgsql2shp is treating is a
lat/lon?

			THX/BDH


On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 11:29, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Erik G. Burrows wrote:
> 
> > An example of the error from the pgsql2shp shapefile is:
> > index_restore_from_file: bottom extent incorrect 74678400 in map name:
> > Waypoints/waypoints.shp
> 
> You're off the edge of the earth:  There are serpents and dragons
> there, so your waypoints are in extreme danger...
> 
> Xastir's world goes from 90N to 90S, and 180W to 180E.  These equate
> to 0/64800000 and 0/129600000 in Xastir coordinates.
> 
> You've sailed lower than the south pole and recordded that fact in
> your waypoint file.  Xastir won't take it.
> 
> --
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