[Xastir] 2008 Tiger Map edge.dbfawk

[Tom Russo]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:55:11PM -0500, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <wa0tjt at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
> Renaming doesn't seem to have had any effect. I renamed, then  
> reindexed all maps but I still have all the roads that should not be  
> showing above level 150 showing up at all levels. I tried closing  
> Xastir, and even rebooting, hmmmm!

Do you have "Enable Map Levels" turned on?

See Map->Enable Map Levels.  If it's not checked, it should be.  Unchecked it
will always display all shapes in a shapefile irrespective of zoom level.

> On Apr 28, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Dick Repasky wrote:
> 
> >
> > I think that the problem may be that the dbfawk file is misnamed in  
> > the zip
> > distro.  Try renaming the file to edges.dbfawk. That worked for me.
> >
> > Dick, KC9JLU
> >
> >
> > Keith Kaiser wrote:
> >> I've got something wrong I just don't understand...
> >>
> >> This is a snipit from the edge.dfbawk file, please note the types of
> >> roads (Limited Access, secondary, local, 4WD, Freeway access,  
> >> walkway,
> >> alley, bike, road median). So where are the interstate highways,  
> >> state
> >> highways, etc.?
> >>
> >> Also, setting these display_level values had no effect on the map
> >> display, they made no changes at all. I still have way too much  
> >> detail
> >> at higher zoom levels. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to have the
> >> details in map chooser set in some special way? Currently they are  
> >> set
> >> (mostly) like this; max zoom = 500, min zoom = -, fill = auto,  
> >> automap =
> >> yes
> >>
> >> Help!
> >>
> >> ....
> >> # Limited access road
> >> /^MTFCC=S11/ {lanes=4; color=11; display_level=64; label_level=64;
> >> font_size=3; next}
> >> # secondary road
> >> /^MTFCC=S12/ {display_level=150; lanes=3; color=8; label_level=75;
> >> font_size=2; next}
> >> # local road
> >> /^MTFCC=S14/ {display_level=150; label_level=16; color=48; lanes=1;  
> >> next}
> >> # 4WD off-road trail
> >> /^MTFCC=S15/ {lanes=1; color=4; display_level=32; font_size=1; next}
> >> # Freeway access / service drive
> >> /^MTFCC=S16/ {color=11; display_level=64; next}
> >> # walkway / stairway
> >> /^MTFCC=S17[12]/ {lanes=1; color=12; pattern=2; display_level=32;  
> >> next}
> >> # alley / private road
> >> /^MTFCC=S17[34]/ {lanes=1; color=40; pattern=2; display_level=64;  
> >> next}
> >> # bike / bridle path
> >> /^MTFCC=S18/ {lanes=1; color=40; pattern=2; display_level=64; next}
> >> # road median
> >> /^MTFCC=S20/ {lanes=1; color=40; pattern=2; display_level=64; next}
> >> ....
> >>
> >> 73's
> >> Keith Kaiser
> >> wa0tjt at gmail.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> 73's
> Keith Kaiser
> wa0tjt at gmail.com
> 
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