[Xastir] Re: topo maps

[Matt Werner]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer at eskimo.com>
To: "Matt Werner" <kb0kqa at arrl.net>
Cc: <xastir at xastir.org>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Xastir] Re: topo maps


> > xastir says:
> >
> > No samplesPerPixel tag found in file, setting it to 1
> > Problem in translating
> > Problem in translating
> > Problem in translating
> > Problem in translating
>
> It looks to me like you might have a tiff file instead of a geotiff?
> Or they otherwise mucked with the geotiff tags and have
> changed/deleted some?

I'm going to guess I have a tiff file then.

> > In xastir I now have a white box where the map should be, with the NW
and NE
> > corners where they should be.  The bottom part of the map goes right off
the
> > screen though.  In the white box, on the right side, are a few vertical
gray
> > & black lines.  I assume this means that xastir was not able to
correctly
> > display the file, or is this still a problem with my fgd?
>
> You can either run some of the utilities to dump the tags and see
> what these files of your really contain, comparing them to an
> official unmodified USGS DRG to see the differences, or you can
> use the image as-is using the ImageMagick library, just creating a
> .geo file to georeference the image.

I'll try making a .geo file sometime in the near future (maybe tomorrow?)
and see how that goes.

Thanks MUCH for the help!

73 - Matt