[Xastir] NWS maps and geo files

[Scott Nolde N4CI]

Gerry,

I've fixed my problem.  Maybe it was more an ID10T problem than not,
but to solve it I did two things: 1) rebuilt xastir from source (I'm
using FreeBSD 6.3), and 2) turned map transparency up.

I think the xastir package I originally used did not like curl or
something and never fetched the requested images.

I've modified a few scripts from K5EHX to get other maps that N0R and
N0Z and the .geo file output works well.  I'm now seeing xastir
fetch/wget the NOAA gif images and it appears everything is fb.

Thanks much,
Scott

On Feb 18, 2008 8:31 AM, Gerry Creager <gerry.creager at tamu.edu> wrote:
> Scott,
>
> You're not asking for the underlying RIDGE maps and I don't think
> they're directly available.  All you're asking for below is the N0R
> (base reflectivity, 0.5deg elevation) GIF.I honestly have not looked at
> where it might put the  temporary image.
>
> You should use local (or online) maps to get cartography.
>
> gerry
>
>
> 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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