[Xastir] WMSRadar and net acquired .gif

[Gerry Creager]

1.  Glad I finally found and fixed that bug.  I still don't know how it 
got in there... I really compulsed that system when I first did it, and 
there's no indication in the .wld file that I changed it (I document 
things like that...).
2.  I suspect the data are a little off for the MAF radar...Try this for 
a .geo for it:

#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        -103.907157        33.406062
TIEPOINT        600        500        -100.471343        30.480860
IMAGESIZE 600 500
REFRESH 300
TRANSPARENT 0x000000000
GAMMA 2
#CONTRAST 0
#LEVEL


Jim Morgan wrote:
> 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
>      > 432.425.5606
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> 
> Jim Morgan KE5MKT
> Midland, TX 79703-6318
> USA
> 432.425.5606
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