[Xastir] Feature Request re: Shapefile maps

[Eric Germann]

I'm experimenting with the GIS maps from the NWS at 
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/regsci/gis/shapefiles/

They work, with one caveat:  They don't show up in the Map Chooser (even 
on a map re-scan) if they have 0 shapes in the shape file.

Is there any way, or a pointer to the code to fix it myself and submit a 
diff back, where this is handled.  To get around it, I copied a shape 
file with polygons over it to the same file, did a rescan so they show 
up, then put them back after I selected them.

Essentially, in this case, the map chooser should consider a 0 shape 
shapefile valid.  This is a fun one to reproduce because the source 
files at NWS are changed on a 1 minute basis.

Which leads to second question, does Xastir automatically re-render 
these when they change or is there something I need to do to make it so.

Thanks

EKG
N1ICS