[Xastir] Shapefile Question

[Bennett, Joe]

Thanks! Never thought to look at the Xastir docs for a shapefile 
question... :)


Everythings installed and working... I am still wondering if there is a way to 
layer the wx alerts so the map stays on top...???


-Joe
KA3NAM


On Sunday 19 September 2004 11:29 am, you wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 08:29:48AM -0500, a Mr. Richard Feyler of Fort Lee, 
New Jersey <remailer at ka3nam.com> writes 'Dear Rosanne Rosannadanna':
> > I'm attempting to dive further into Xastir's capabilities by adding
> > Shapefile so I can also support the NWS advisories and warnings. I've
> > downloaded the shapefiles and Xastir throws out this verbiage when they
> > are called:
> >
> >  *** draw_map: Unknown map type: c_18nv03.shp ***
> >
> > I've downloaded Shapefile 1.2 and am making an attempt at install. Is
> > there a place for me do download a document that outlines how to install
> > Shapefile? If it's on their web site, I guess I'm a bit to inexperienced
> > to understand what I'm looking at. There is no configure file in the
> > download and make doesn't seem to get any results.
> >
> > Any ideas? Thanks for your patience in advance!!!
>
> The installation process for shapelib is in xastir's INSTALL document:
>
>    4. RECOMMENDED:  Install ESRI Shapefile support.  Allows using many
> sources of online polygon, polyline, and point maps, including ones from
> NOAA. This is also the format for weather alert maps.
>      The instructions aren't clear in this package, but just installing the
>      library is sufficient:
>
>        make lib
>        su (root)
>        make lib_install
>        /sbin/ldconfig
>        exit (from root)
>
> The build process for shapelib is not autoconfiscated, so they rely on the
> porting technique from the Bad Old Days: hack on the makefile until it
> works. Fortunately, the Makefile works as is on linux.