[Xastir] NWS maps and geo files

[Scott Nolde N4CI]

Richard,

When I manually fetch the files, each download succeeds:

78 [scott /usr/local/share/xastir/maps/Online]$ fetch
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif
JGX_N0R_0.gif                                 100% of   27 kB 1548 kBps
79 [scott /usr/local/share/xastir/maps/Online]$ fetch
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/JGX_N0R_0.gif
JGX_N0R_0.gif                                 100% of   28 kB  242 kBps

I'm not seeing xastir fetch the file or display the gif already
downloaded.  Any further suggestions?

- Scott

On Feb 17, 2008 9:03 PM, Richard Polivka, N6NKO <r.polivka at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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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