[Xastir] KML snapshots question

[Kevin Ratcliff]

Thanks Dick! I had forgotten that aprskml was Java and therefore
cross-platform. For some reason I had been thinking it only ran on
Windows, but it works fine on my Ubuntu box connecting to Xastir's
server port. Cool! Certainly easier than installing and setting up
Apache for this.

Kevin
KB9MQU


On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Dick Repasky<dick.repasky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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