[Xastir] maps, etc

[James Jolin]

Curt, WE7U wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, James Jolin wrote:
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>>I have been following the threads about map problems, but so far I still
>>don't get it.  I tried a site for Wiscosin maps, but I got a error
>>message.  I tried tigermaps, but nothing would download (nothing in
>>xastir/tmp.  Tried to check line 833 in xastir/src/map_geo.c, but I
>>don't know what I am seeing.  Some lines start with //.  Is that the
>>same as #?  Ran debug, but here again  I really don't know what I am
>>seeing. I do have the run.log file..ImageMagick does seem to work by
>>itself.  My version of xastir is 1.3.1. Using suse 9
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>Have you done the online update for SuSE 9?  It seems there are a
>few updates every week.  If you haven't done that before, get the
>latest SuSE 9.0 updates installed.
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>I'm also running SuSE 9.0, and am one of the Xastir developers.  All
>of the optional libraries are installed and working for me, so you
>should be able to do the same.
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>What _does_ work in terms of maps on your system?  Have you tried
>Dos/WinAPRS maps, pocketAPRS maps, GNIS maps?  All of those are
>supported by default with no additional libraries required in Xastir
>to support them.  You might try some of those first to make sure
>that the generic map stuff is working for you.  Add the maps to your
>/usr/local/share/xastir/maps directory, then reindex maps in order
>to have them show up in the map chooser.
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>Do you have a /usr/local/xastir/maps directory on your system?  If
>so, you were running Xastir before we made a change in the directory
>structure and you'll need to run the migration scripts to convert
>both your map directory and your Xastir config files over to the new
>system.
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>Another possibility is that you might have maps getting loaded on
>top of other maps, obscuring what's underneath.  For testing
>purposes just select one map at a time in the Map Chooser.
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>As far as tigermap.geo/ terraserver.geo/ toposerver.geo/
>USRadar.geo/ CanadaTopo50k.geo/ CanadaTopo250k.geo, you'll need to
>be looking at the part of the earth that those maps cover, else
>Xastir will skip loading them entirely.  Xastir keeps track of the
>extents of each map and refused to load those that don't fit in the
>current view.
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>It's been long enough between e-mails from you that I've since
>forgotten what your configuration was.  Can you tell us what
>Help->About says, the line that begins with "Libraries used:"?
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>Curt, WE7U			    archer at eskimo dot com
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Curt,
I have done all the suse updates (I have automatic selected).
Have not tired  Dos/WinAprs maps.  You have the url?  Do they cover the 
state of Wisconsin?
I have a maps directory with geo files ( two for Canada, tigermaps 
topomaps, etc). My version of xastir is 1.3.1. I will have to check the 
path.  What is the migration script?  This could be the problem because 
the debug says something about "can't find some configure file." Sorry, 
but I am in Windows right now and I can't look it up
I just use one map at a time like you said once before.
Lastly,  Help about says: "libraries used--  ax25, shapelib, libproj, 
geotiff, pcre and imagemagick."
also, @(#) motiff 2.2.2, ImageMagick 5.5.7 and xvertext routines ver 5
.Hope this helps. 
jim wa9arb