[Xastir] Xastir is running on OSX

[Gerry Creager]

At the risk of harassing the core developers, I do think we should read 
a .tfw, AND the geotiff header natively.  That's a weak spot in native 
image use.

gerry

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Tom Hayward wrote:
> 
>> My selected geotiff map is still not plotted in xastir.
>>
>> I've never used a geotiff in Linux either...is there a trick? I've got
>> the .tif and .tfw, both world readable. The .tif is selected in Map
>> Chooser. Xasitr knows it's a 7.5'--when I click the 24k button the
>> .tif toggles selected/unselected.
> 
> There's the problem.  Xastir doesn't read .tfw files.  It does read
> .fgw files.  See the README.MAPS file for how to create your own
> .fgd for each .tif if you don't have one.  You only need a few lines
> that Xastir needs, not the entire normal contents of a .fgd.
> 
> Here are some examples that do work, so you can verify your
> installation:
> 
>     http://wetnet.net/~we7u/xastir/maps/geotiff/
> 

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