[Xastir] CAD object transmissions?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 16 May 2007, Craig Anderson wrote:

> 	I thought I read in some docs that in Xastir
> you can draw CAD object on a map and then
> transmit them to other Xastir stations.  But the
> help window just said no.  I'm looking at 1.8.4
> currently.  Can Xastir transmit CAD objects?

The Probability of Detection circles, yes.

CAD Objects, no.  They're currently for local display only.  There
aren't any facilities in the APRS spec we could use to send such
objects.  We could perhaps use the multiline protocol:

  <http://home.earthlink.net/~kg5qd/APRS_Multiline_Protocol.html>

But we'd have to add more to it so that we could send the parameters
across.

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