[Xastir] pos file

[Keith Kaiser]

I had to recode for the syntax difference but it worked great... see  
it here; http://kaiserklan.com/snapshot.png

Thanks for the help Curt.

On May 21, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Thu, 21 May 2009, Keith Kaiser wrote:
>
>> I'm working in a bike ride Sunday the 31st and I was sent a .pos  
>> file. I was told it could be loaded into UiView or Xastir but I'm  
>> not sure how.
>>
>> It looks like this;
>>
>> *Lone Star Century May 31 2009
>> A1!3851.26N/09453.59W/ 151st & New Century Parkway
>> A2!3851.28N\09454.55Wa 151st & Moonlight Rd
>>
>> Is all I need to do is convert it to look like this to make it work  
>> with Xastir?
>>
>> ;A1*311530z3851.26N/09453.59Wh151st & New Century Parkway
>> ;A2*311530z3851.28N/09454.55Wa151st & Moonlight Rd
>
> You've got the right idea but I'd have to look in the spec to see
> the exact format, or turn off compressed objects and create a few,
> then look in the file.
>
> Xastir doesn't handle .pos files directly.
>
> Be aware that creating objects in the manner you're describing will
> cause Xastir to own them and therefore try to transmit them unless
> you turn off object/item transmit on the Interface menu.
>
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73's
Keith Kaiser
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