[Xastir] WMSRadar and net acquired .gif

[Jim Morgan]

We finally had some weather around here today so that I could see if you fixed it. I think you did. THANK YOU muchly.

You asked why NOZ instead of NOR- when I was setting this up and playing with it MAF didn't have a NOR image for some reason and I picked the NOZ just so I'd have something to look at. I guess I forgot to set it back to NOR.

Here is the srb_maf.geo file that showed the storms Sunday night too close to Midland-

#NWS_RADAR_maf  MIDLAND TX kg5qd 07/04/01 
URL    http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0Z/MAF_N0Z_0.gif 
#            X        Y        Long            Lat 
TIEPOINT        0        0        -103.928436        33.385647 
TIEPOINT        600        500        -100.492622        30.457445
IMAGESIZE 600 500
REFRESH 300
TRANSPARENT 0x000000000
GAMMA 2
#CONTRAST 0
#LEVEL

73s,




Gerry Creager <gerry.creager at tamu.edu> wrote: Please try the WMSRadar selection.  I found an error that'd been 
propagated to my server and I think it's fixed now.

gerry

Jim Morgan wrote:
> I need some help. I am new to Linux and Xastir both so please keep things simple for me.
> 
> I noticed today that the radar that I load from the website www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/NOZ/MAF_NOZ_0.gif is off by several miles. I am talking in the neighborhood of 50-75 miles. When I adjust the size of the .gif the center of the radar (the ground clutter) moves around as I change the size. I had the ground clutter centered but the edge of a recent storm was real far off. 
> 
> So I tried the WMSRadar on my Xastir and discovered that the image is indeed better but it shows the storms about 120 miles north of their actual location.
> 
> What setting(s) do I have wrong? The purpose of this set-up is to serve as a remote station for Skywarn operations if something happens at the NWS so I need the radar to be as accurate as possible.
> 
> Oh the technical stuff-- Ubuntu 6.06 and Xastir 1.71. I am not much of a programmer so this is all real close to OEM specs.
> 
> Thank you for your help,
> 
> 73s
> Jim KE5MKT
> 
> 
> Jim Morgan KE5MKT
> Midland, TX 79703-6318
> USA
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Jim Morgan KE5MKT
Midland, TX 79703-6318
USA
432.425.5606
       
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