[Xastir] On to the next question

[Alex Carver]

My copy of the Readme (again, I did say it was a couple revs out of date) didn't seem to mention not having to rework GeoTIFFs from USGS.  The only thing I saw was a mention of downloading the GeoTIFFs and reprocessing them locally.  So if that's wrong then I need a new readme which says otherwise.  It might also be that I have a corrupted readme that is missing a section. It wouldn't be the first time I find a section of a file missing.  I'll have to look at it when I return to my computer after vacation.

And yes, I'm currently living in California the land of major annoyances.  I'm not going to bother getting fully set up in CA since I intend to leave the state when I can.

--- On Wed, 12/23/09, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org> wrote:

> From: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] On to the next question
> To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Date: Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 11:43 AM
> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:41:20PM
> -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <kf4lvz at yahoo.com>
> flavor, containing:
> > --- On Tue, 12/22/09, Curt, WE7U <archer at eskimo.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > > > It's just a manual process if there's no
> script
> > > handy.? You just
> > > > go out and get the proper TIGER/Line
> shapefiles for
> > > the streets in
> > > > the areas of interest and also collect your
> topo maps
> > > in some
> > > > appropriate format (GeoTIFF being ideal but
> it needs
> > > to be
> > > > reworked according to the readme with
> Xastir).
> > > 
> > > No.? For topos you want geoTIFF DRG files from
> the
> > > USGS which have
> > > NOT been reworked.
> > 
> > That's what I said.  They have to be reworked
> locally according to the readme unless the readme is now out
> of date and incorrect.
> 
> No, you said GeoTIFFs needed to be
> reworked.   Curt was clarifying that
> the best topos are USGS GeoTIFFs that have NOT been --- and
> do not need to be
> --- reworked.
> 
> USGS topos do NOT need to be reworked.  Only non-USGS
> GeoTIFFs that have either
> been prepared improperly (no coordinate system tags) or
> which are in 
> oddball projections, or which are not 8-bit color need to
> be reworked.
> 
> The README.MAPS says just that --- all of its descriptions
> of reworking
> GeoTIFFs are explicitly for non-USGS sources of GeoTIFF
> maps.  Are you saying 
> you're in an area where USGS does not publish the GeoTIFFs?
> (i.e. California, 
> or areas where the Tennessee Valley Authority has
> jurisdiction)
> 
> For the record, README.MAPS has the following sections:
> 
>     GeoTIFF files in certain projections need
> special processing:
>     Defective GeoTIFF files need even more
> special processing:
>     XASTIR can only use GeoTIFF files that are
> 8-bit per pixel with one band
> 
> USGS topos, obtained from USGS or its data partners, fall
> outside these three
> "reworking" categories.
> 
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