[Xastir] Map problem

[Ray Wells]

Ignore me and I might go away!

It only took a dozen looks but I eventually saw the 3 I'd been reading 
as a 2 in the inf/geo file.

Now you know why I stopped repairing electronics gear for a living. 
Eating carrots for good sight is a rumour!

Thanks, Curt.

Ray vk2tv

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Ray Wells wrote:
>
>> Yes,
>>   Map/Configure/Re-index all maps.
>>
>> I've also done Map/Configure/Flush Entire Map Cache. I've also 
>> deleted /.../.xastir/config/map_index.sys
>
> A few more possibilities:  The map crosses the 180 longitude
> boundary.  Xastir can't handle that.  Break it into two maps in that
> case.
>
> I seem to remember that the last/lon format in UI-View files is
> unusual.  Perhaps you fixed one of the numbers but in the wrong
> format?
>
> The map_index.sys file is human-readable.  Check whether the numbers
> in there are similar to another map that works.
>
> You can also "touch" the particular map so that Index New Maps works
> to update its listing.  The New Maps selection works off file
> timestamps:  If the timestamp of the map is newer than the timestamp
> of map_index.sys it'll reindex it.
>