[Xastir] Mapping question

[Lee Bengston]

On 9/29/09, Jacob Tennant <k8jwt at comcast.net> wrote:
> I have Precision Mapping 8.? from my Windows computers UI-View setup and was
> wondering if there was any way to use it for maps under xastir?
>
> Jacob Tennant - K8JWT

That question has been asked before - who needs mail list archives
when you never delete anything :-)

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Earl Needham
<needhame1 at plateautel.net> 	Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 8:48 AM
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       I have Precision Mapping available here, since I've been using
it with UI-View32 for quite some time.  Is there a way to use the
Precision Mapping maps with Xastir?

       Thanks,
       Earl

KD5XB -- Earl Needham
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J. Lance Cotton
<joe at lightningflash.net> 	Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 9:42 AM
To: Earl Needham <needhame1 at plateautel.net>
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on 6/28/2007 8:48 AM Earl Needham said the following:
>         I have Precision Mapping available here, since I've been using
> it with UI-View32 for quite some time.  Is there a way to use the
> Precision Mapping maps with Xastir?

Take a screenshot of the map area you like, and set up a .geo file that
references the corner points of the screenshot with the real locations under
those corner points.

Xastir cannot interface directly with external mapping programs, period.
Main reason is it's often against the terms of use for those mapping
programs, or the interface method is proprietary or costly.

-Lance

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J. Lance Cotton, KJ5O
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