[Xastir] Feature Request re: Shapefile maps

[Eric Germann]

I've already written the script for this, so that piece is complete.

The files are not 0 bytes in length.  They're actually 100 bytes in 
length.  When you dump them they show 0 objects, which Xastir must 
figure to ignore.  Putting a dummy with some objects in the file, makes 
them show up long enough to tick them off in the Map Chooser, then you 
can put back the 0 object files.

EKG


Richard Polivka, N6NKO wrote:
> All,
>
> A script could be written and run under root/sudo privileges that does 
> the WGET, then puts in zero length files as placeholders if there are 
> no files present in the download package. Xastir would have to accept 
> zero length as a legit file.
>
> Now, there would have to be some way of forcing a map regen to update 
> these files. I know that when I get down to county level, the 
> rendering does take a bit.
>
> This would be a good help at displaying SBW's since they are not 
> coming over WXSVR, at least here.
>
> Now back to my Irish Coffee.
>
> 73 from 807,
>
> Richard, N6NKO
>
>
> Gerry Creager wrote:
>> Lemme get off 4 days of spring break and I'll push it your way 
>> tomorrow morning.
>>
>> Sorry for the delay but between honey-do's, allergies, and wanting to 
>> make sure it's behaving properly, I want the delay...
>>
>> gerry
>>
>> Eric Germann wrote:
>>> What's your WMS address for each of these?
>>>
>>> EKG
>>>
>>>
>>> Gerry Creager wrote:
>>>> I need to look into this and see if I can produce something 
>>>> similar. Ken Waters does these for storm-based warnings. I 
>>>> currently have a WFS that handles this but I don't generate 
>>>> shapes.  I can also provide WMS for these.
>>>>
>>>> gerry
>>>>
>>>> Eric Germann wrote:
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
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