[Xastir] KML snapshots question

[Dick Repasky]

Kevin,

There is an alternative. You can turn on the server ports in xaster, launch the
aprskml server (https://aprskml.dev.java.net/) and connect it to the xastir
server port, and then point google earth at the aprskml server. It works pretty
nicely.

Dick KC9JLU

Kevin Ratcliff wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I see that recent versions of Xastir have the ability to create KML
> file snapshots. Way cool!
> 
> Google Earth can read "static" KML files. However, there's an every
> better feature: "network" KML files that refresh automatically from a
> web server on a configurable interval.
> 
> Here's what I want to do:
> 
> Run Apache on my Xastir box, and create a symbolic link to
> ~/.xastir/tracklogs/file.kml so that Apache can serve the KML file and
> Google Earth can refresh it automatically. Does that sound like it
> should work? I haven't tried it yet.
> 
> However, one potential problem I can see is that each KML file created
> has a different filename based on the date/time. Is there a way I can
> always point Apache to use the latest file? If not, could Xastir be
> set to also output a KML with a filename that doesn't change (similar
> to the way PNG snapshots work)? I can put in a feature request for
> this if needed.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide!
> 
> Kevin
> KB9MQU
> _______________________________________________
> Xastir mailing list
> Xastir at lists.xastir.org
> http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
>