[Xastir] newb alert

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 30 May 2005, Marten Beels wrote:

> OK, I'm pretty new to linux and Xastir, so bear with
> me.  I am reading the FMs, I just need some help
> figuring out what I'm reading.
>
> Debian apt-get install didn't work, so I downloaded
> the source and compiled it.  Xastir loads and runs
> fine, except I don't get any maps.  I've read the
> stuff about setting zoom levels and layers.  But
> nothing seems to come up.  I can select a map from the
> Map Chooser, hit apply, it says "loading maps...." and
> then nothing, just a grey grid.

Have you installed any map files?  Usually they go into
/usr/local/share/xastir/maps/, and any subdirectories you wish to
put below there.  The directory structure below that point is
free-form, so you can organize your maps in any method that makes
sense to you.

After you get some maps there, make sure the directories can be read
and changed into by a normal user, and that the map files you put
there are also readable by a normal user, then you can reindex your
maps from within Xastir.  After Xastir indexes them you can bring up
the Map Chooser and you should see some maps.  That's of course
assuming that you've compiled the proper map libraries into Xastir
for the types of maps you wish to use.

With no extra library support Xastir has support for WinAPRS,
APRSdos, PocketAPRS, and USGS GNIS maps.  You might try one of those
types first.

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