[Xastir] pos file

[Keith Kaiser]

On May 22, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

>
> Step-by-step method for how to use .POS files (overlay files) in
> Xastir, for those of you who haven't been paying attention:
>
> 1) Bring the POS objects into Xastir by modifying the file slightly
> and replacing the ~/.xastir/config/object.log file.  Restart Xastir.
> Once the objects appear properly in Xastir you'll know you have the
> format correct.  See earlier message for the tweaks needed to the
> format (21 May 2009, same thread topic).
>
> 2) cd xastir/src/shapelib
>   make shpcreate
>   make dbfcreate
>   make shpadd
>   make dbfadd
>
> 3) Put these four new executables somewhere in your PATH or modify
> PATH to add this directory.  We'll see about getting these installed
> automatically when you compile Xastir, but probably not in time for
> this weekend's activities!  Never mind - I see that Tom just did a
> commmit to do the compile but not the install, but provided
> instructions in the commit message for how to do the install as
> well...  Thanks Tom!
>
> 4) Take the object.log file and run it through object2shp.pl.  See
> instructions at the top of the script.
>
> 5) Rename the object.log file that you created above so that Xastir
> won't load it upon startup.
>
> 6) Put the new map (maps?) into your map directory.
>
> 7) Reindex maps in Xastir.
>
> 8) Use the new map.
>
> Later we can install those four executables automatically during the
> Xastir install plus create a new script that converts .POS files to
> Shapefile maps without the extra mucking about with file formats in
> an editor.  These are trivial tasks.
>
> -- 
> Curt, WE7U.				archer at eskimo dot com
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How cool is this?

Teamwork and cooperation make for even a better Xastir.

Thanks guys.

73's
Keith Kaiser
wa0tjt at gmail.com