[Xastir] Xastir vs. Others

[Dick C. Reichenbach]

Granted that Xastir is very, very good.  I took my XBOX with Linux and 
Xastir and put on a very impressive demonstration during field day.  
They also asked me to come back and do it again for the club.

Using a CRON job, I saved the NWS radar .gif files on my hard drive 
every 10 minutes.  Then I selected the best of them (the ones that 
showed local storm activity) and wrote a small script that copied them 
to the maps directory every 10 seconds.  Then I told the .geo file to 
reload the map every 10 seconds.  Then I overlaid it on both my PalmAPRS 
maps and some local ERSI/Tiger maps.  It made for a very nice demonstration.

I would just also use this moment to remember that Xastir still has some 
problems that go unfixed.  It's not perfect, but it is pretty good.

Dick R.

Tom Robson, ve7did wrote:

>Just had the opportunity to use the latest version winaprs at Field Day 
>because I could could not get a laptop which had linux on it.  If any of you 
>have had this (mis)fortune to use programs other than Xastir, you will very 
>quickly learn how great Xastir really is.  Although I have been using Xastir 
>for a couple (perhaps a few) of years, I had no idea how easy it is to run 
>compared to winaprs.
>
>I don't think you can find a simpler program to operate and have the majority 
>of the functionality available.  It is so easy to demonstrate.  It even shows 
>tracks without screwing around.
>
>Admitently, perhaps the install is a bit more difficult, but from a user and 
>operator standpoint, how can you beat it.
>
>Just my humble opinion but I know for sure, I now will have to get a laptop  
>and get linux installed.
>
>...73 Tom
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