[Xastir] Making Maps

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Mike GM1WKR wrote:

> I get a  "latitude out of bounds error" when I run inf2geo.pl using the
> following .inf file
>
> 57.209N, 2.442W
> 57.092N, 2.049W
> Aberdeen Area 1146 x 663
>
> I used decimal degrees DD.dddd but the error suggests I should have used
> decimal minutes.

The script itself says this:

   # Note:  It appears that .INF files store the lat/lon
   # in DD.MM.MMMM format.  Converting the script to this
   # format.

Here's an example of an INF file that I ran through the script
successfully:

     39.22.96N, 22.55.74E
     39.20.80N, 22.58.10E

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