[Xastir] State Boarders

[Tom Russo]

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> Thanks Dick, the how-to document looks like it should help, except that the dbf doesn't look anything like I expected. I've copied a small piece of it below. It looks to me like it has the two letter state code, followed by the state name, then the fips code and finally the lat and long. But since none of them are really named, I'm not sure how to address them in the dbfawk file.
> 
> Anyone got an idea?
> 
> Example of the s_01au07.dbf file:
> 
>  DCDistrict of Columbia    11         -77.01692          38.89078 AZArizona                 04        -111.93248          34.17163 OHOhio                    39         -82.67375          40.19406                                      -82.66098          41.76506 CACalifornia              06        -119.25700          37.26842 ALAlabama                 01         -86.68338          32.60661 ARArkansas                05         -92.12893          34.75712 COColorado                08        -105.54781          38.99604 CTConnecticut             09         -72.75720          41.52281 DEDelaware                10         -75.41699        

You need to use the program "dbfinfo" from the shapelib install or "testdbfawk" from Xastir to get the actual field names.  What you've got there is the 
records themelves.  I believe there are instructions in the wiki page for
running testdbfawk (which might be called "testawk" in that page if it hasn't
been updated, but testdbfawk is the right name these days).
 
> On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Dick Repasky wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Keith,
> > 
> > Unless someone out there has created a dbfawk file for the shape file
> > that you have, you'll need to create one. The best documentation that I
> > know of for that is at
> > 
> >   http://www.xastir.org/wiki/index.php/HowTo:DBFAWK
> > 
> > Briefly, you'll have to tell dbfawk the names of the fields in the dbf
> > file so that it has a fingerprint for the file. Then, you'll tell it
> > what fields in the file you want to examine, and finally you'll write
> > line that sets the color value to what you want.
> > 
> > Good luck,
> > 
> > Dick, KC9JLU
> > 
> > Keith Kaiser wrote:
> >> I downloaded this file; http://www.weather.gov/geodata/catalog/national/html/us_state.htm. I use it above zoom level 4096 to show me just the US State Outlines. What I'd like to do is change the color of the borders from black to red maybe or even bright green. Something to distinguish it from the county lines when I turn them on too.
> >> 
> >> Can someone please explain to me how to do that?
> >> 
> >> Thanks guys.
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