[Xastir] NWS maps and geo files

[Richard Polivka, N6NKO]

Scott,

You may be looking at the wrong file on the server.

Here is the .geo that I have for that site:

#[JGX_N0R - produced from .gfw file by K1KWP - 2006-07-18]
URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif
TIEPOINT 0 0 -85.9106 35.0210
TIEPOINT 600 550 -80.7828 30.3205
IMAGESIZE 600 550
REFRESH 720

Change this line "URL 
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif" to read
"URL http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif". This 
directs xastir to get the picture from the load
sharing server.

Good luck,

Richard, N6NKO


Scott Nolde N4CI wrote:
> I'm having a little difficulty viewing NWS maps.  I've created a .geo
> file in my maps/Online directory which looks like this:
> URL     http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif
> TIEPOINT        1       1       -85.910617      35.020961
> TIEPOINT        600     550     -80.782832      30.320491
> IMAGESIZE 600 550
> REFRESH 300
> TRANSPARENT 0x000000000
> #OPTIONAL PARAMS
> GAMMA 2
> #CONTRAST 0.5
> #NEGATE
> #EQUALIZE
> #NORMALIZE
> #LEVEL
> #eof
>
> It seems I'm missing something fundamental when I try to view the map.
>  It seems xastir doesn't fetch the map and it won't display the gif in
> the same directory.  My user running xastir has read+write permissions
> to the online directory, also.
>
> Can anyone point to a how-to or provide some assistance in troubleshooting this?
>
> Thanks much,
> Scott, N4CI
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