[Xastir] Ubuntu 6.10 Bootstrap error

[Dan Brown]

On Thu, 2 Nov 2006, John Ronan wrote:

> 
> On 1 Nov 2006, at 22:49, Dick C. Reichenbach wrote:
> 
> > I'm working on similar ideas.  With the exception is that I wanted  
> > to do a FreeSBIE live disc.
> >
> > One of the things that I have mostly done is a script that will  
> > automaticly look up your rough QTH based on your callsign.
> > So input your call and the script automaticly puts that into the  
> > xastir.cnf before starting xastir up.  For a live CD that's kinda  
> > important.
> Mmm.. I dunno about that.. your making the assumption that the person  
> has an internet connection... I wouldn't, but thats just me.

That is a pretty easy Y/N question though.  It would be easy enough to ask
the installer "should I do this" and then go out and check "is qrz.com
reachable, if so, can I get this ham's (rough) Lat/Lon from there?"

QRZ.com bases lat/lons on zipcodes, I think, unless it has been
specifically adjusted.  I'm sure there are other sites/ways to get that
info too.  I looked at this a little bit, following along with the
following Java program to screen-scrape a club's lat/lons and create a .log
file which Xastir can read:

http://www.phil-mont.org/PMRCmap/PMRConTheMap.html



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