[Xastir] pos file

[Keith Kaiser]

OK, those are good reasons to use it that way, even being able to turn  
it on and off. How would I give this a try, how do I build a GNIS  
file? Or is there someplace online that tells me that?

On May 21, 2009, at 3:27 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Thu, 21 May 2009, Keith Kaiser wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what a GNIS file looks like. But what I have works  
>> great, I just turned off Transmit Objects/items. What would be the  
>> advantage to using a GNIS file format?
>
> Then it's a local map, so there's no possibility of you transmitting
> them, and you can turn that particular map on and off with ease
> using the map chooser.
>
> You can also turn objects on/off at various zoom levels by telling
> Xastir the "population" of the object, at least with the old GNIS
> code.  The new GNIS code, perhaps not as that field was eliminated
> in the newer GNIS map files.  We used to use that field to key off
> of for displaying smaller and smaller cities as you zoomed the map
> in to a local area.
>
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73's
Keith Kaiser
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