[Xastir] Placing Markers on map

[Brett Friermood]

I found the CAD Polygons work very well for my application.

I was just wondering if there is a way to save what information is
displayed? At the moment when I start Xastir the polygons show up with the
probability and area under the name. If I go into Maps, Draw CAD Polygons,
and uncheck probability and area they disappear as the should. If I shutdown
Xastir, when I start it next the options are again checked and the
information shows up again.

Also, I had an idea of having the ability to choose whether an object is
transmitted on an individual basis in addition to the global option under
interfaces. If this was the case local objects could be used for such things
as this, among other purposes, but you would still be able to transmit
objects at the same time.

Brett
KC9MWG


On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:41 PM, Curt, WE7U <archer at eskimo.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 29 Mar 2009, Brett Friermood wrote:
>
>  I'm trying to figure out a good way to add markers to my map display.
>>
>> I would like to mark the locations of the DNR's fire towers around me to
>> be
>> able to plot sightings using a direction finding object.
>>
>> I thought of using objects, but I don't want to broadcast them if I choose
>> to broadcast other objects. I was tried using a small picture with a .geo
>> file, but when zooming in and out the size changes.
>>
>> Is there any other way to do something like this?
>>
>
> In other APRS programs an "overlay" file might be the best way to do
> this.  Xastir doesn't support overlay files though.
>
> I can think of a few ways, some better than others:
>
> *) Run two instances of Xastir, one fed from the other.  One could
> have object transmit turned off and have the fire towers displayed
> on it.  The other would not, but would be able to transmit out other
> objects.
>
> *) Draw CAD Polygons using Xastir itself to represent the items of
> interest.  These do not get transmitted, and are re-loaded at
> startup.
>
> *) Create a map containing the objects.  You could do this by
> plotting an object and then moving it around to draw something with
> it's track, then save the track.  This creates a shapefile map which
> can then be renamed and moved to the Xastir Map heirarchy somewhere
> and used as a regular map.
>
> *) Another method similar to the last would be to create your own
> GNIS file containing lines that describe objects you wish to place.
> These are lines of text and so easy to edit.
>
> *) Yet another method would be to create your own DOS or PocketAPRS
> map and load it.
>
> There may be other ways I can't think of just now, perhaps others
> will pipe up with more ideas.
>
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