[Xastir] Map formats and ordering

[Ian Bennett]

Good afternoon,
	I am taking my first tentative steps with Xastir. I downloaded 1.9.6 and 
compiled in everything except for festival speech.
	It is working, however I think I am having a few issues with the soundcard on 
my Dell 7300; soundmodem doesn't decode all packets. I want to play with  
audio levels to see if it improves. Anyway, onto the purpose of my post.
	I use Oziexplorer when 4WDing and have collected a LOT of topo maps over the 
years and would like to use them in Xastir. Problem is ECW and DrSid formats 
are not supported. I vaguely remember something about Xastir using ImageMagik 
for image processing so maybe I should hit them up??
	I have managed to convert a few through a long and laborious process, which 
brings me to my second problem; "map ordering".
	Since the maps I have are scanned paper maps, there is a white border around 
the edges. This edge overlaps onto the next map meaning there are sections 
where I don't get any topo info; only the white edge.
	Is there a way I can tell Xastir to bring a certain map to the "top" of the 
stack (i.e be drawn last)?? It would be real handy if this were a right-click 
option.
	I don't intend to have all these topo maps loaded at the same time as Xastir 
takes a while to refresh. My application is to keep tabs on a mobile tracker 
from my 4WD so I'd be using one or two map sheets at the most.
	Ergo, coverage around the edges of the map sheets is critical and short of 
cutting the edges off and redoing the georeferencing, I'm keen to be able to 
control the order in which Xastir draws the maps.
	Advice appreciated.

Ian
VK1IAN