[Xastir] pos file

[Curt, WE7U]

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

Use the "xastir/scripts/pos2shp.pl" script that's in CVS:

     > ./pos2shp.pl test.pos testmap
     dbfadd testmap 1 'X// ' A1
     dbfadd testmap 2 'X\a ' A2
     > cp testmap* /usr/local/share/xastir/maps/.

Xastir:  Map->Configure->Index: Add New Maps
          Map Chooser:  Select the "testmap" map

Easy 'nuf?

Thanks to Tom for making most of this easy.  His "object2shp.pl"
script was a breeze to convert for this use.

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