[Xastir] Weather map question

[Lee Bengston]

On 6/10/07, Rick Green <rtg at aapsc.com> wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, EarlNeedham via Kubuntu wrote:
>
> > I like to use the WMSradar map when the weather get rough out here, but
> I have
> > a slight problem with it -- I don't see any landmarks, towns, etc.  I
> see
> > other APRS stations on the map, and unless I can see one that I
> recognize, I
> > have no way of knowing where the cells are.  Is there a way to add, say,
> > Tiger maps at a low level to the weather maps?
> >
> Yes, that's what I do  with USRadar.geo.  Place tigermap.geo at a low
> level, say 10, and the radar at a higher level, say 50.
>    If you're using the kubuntu repository version of xastir, you'll have
> to
> edit the radar .geo file to set the transparent falue to black instead of
> white, or you won't see the tiger map underneath it.  That seems to be
> fixed in the latest stable tarball.


I got the WMSradar to overlay the Tigermaps by setting the radar map to a
higher layer - worked great.  Besides the layer settings, what do the other
settings in the map chooser properties mean?  [Filled (yes/no/auto),
automaps (yes/no), and USGS DRG (yes/no/auto)]

Thanks,

Lee - K5DAT
Murphy, TX