[Xastir] 2008 Tiger Map edge.dbfawk

[Keith Kaiser]

It looks like the featnames and edges dbfawk files are nearly  
identical on the inside. They certainly have the same road data in  
them. Was this intentional or an accident of cut and paste?

On Apr 28, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Tom Russo wrote:

> 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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73's
Keith Kaiser
wa0tjt at gmail.com