[Xastir] Is there a way

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Jason Hitesman wrote:

> That's VERY helpfull!  Would it be possible to create a function in the
> program to automate that?  Say a "Create new Map" option in the Maps
> menu which asks for a map name and location then moves the current
> snapshot over?  Or even better have it create a new snapshot without any
> stations displayed then move it over?

Yes.  Both are possible.  More feature can always be added.  I don't
currently have any interest in doing the whole project though, but
you might interest one of the other developers.  If you have coding
skills, send me a patch.  I can help with the GUI portion if someone
else wants to do the back-end code.


> I agree with the idea that internet maps should not be considered the
> "do-all/be-all" but it seems like it would be nice to be able to more
> easily use them to create local maps.  The internet maps in xastir were
> something that really appealed to me as they made it VERY easy to get up
> and running quickly compared to the other APRS software I tried
> (espically since I haven't found a good source for local maps on the
> other packages.)

But, once you've tasted vector maps, why would you ever want to go
back to raster?  Just my own opinion.  Vector maps are smaller,
faster, infinitely scalable.  I'd like to eventually go with nothing
but point & vector maps, leaving raster behind, but I'll probably
always have a need for topo raster maps due to my outdoor interests.
I can already do vector contour lines on top of raster satellite
images or vector street maps.


> >>Then again I haven't had much luck at all with local maps so there must
> >>be something I'm missing.  I grabbed the pre-prepared TIGER maps
> >>mentioned in the README.maps file and put them in my maps
> >>directory...the directory I put them in shows up but the maps don't.

Sounds like you've got problems with the Shapelib you installed.
Have you tried the world shapefile map listed in README.MAPS?  Tried
snagging the latest Shapelib library and reinstalling that portion,
then re-configuring/re-compiling compiling Xastir to use it?


> I had to ditch the DRG I had grabbed - it probably was corrupted.  Once
> I added it to the Linux box Xastir would segfault trying to reindex the
> maps :(

That's usually a problem with the libgeotiff not matching your
libtiff version.  You can also have problems with libgeotiff not
being compiled with libproj support if you install them in the wrong
order, but I don't think that causes segfaults.  That first case
does though.

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