[Xastir] Getting message in terminal window - what does it mean?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Norman Heyen wrote:

> When I try to load hz30mr09.shp or z_11ja10.shp, I see this message:
> No DBFAWK signature for ... !
> Using default

This means that there's no exact match for the Shapefiles but they
will be displayed using a default dbfawk.  Think of dbfawk as just a
customization file that can allow you to change the look of a map
and how the labels are displayed.  Shapefile map geometric bits are
in a standard format, but the DBF file that goes with them can have
multiple columns with different meanings for each column.  Using the
dbfawk file we can tell Xastir to pull interesting bits out of
columns of interest and display them as labels, or to enable/disable
some things at various zoom levels.


> Loading c_15j109.shp or fz_05au09.shp gives a gray overlay with station info
> and some rivers (I think, just lines)
>
> Loading z_11ja10.shp looks like this too, except the overlay is magenta.
>
> Loading hz30mr09.shp, mz15j109.shp or oz02jn09.shp doesn't appear to do
> anything, looks like what I see with the tigermap.geo loaded.

All of those are NWS maps used for weather alerts, although I also
use the c_ map as a county map sometimes.

You can find out info about these maps at the NWS site.


> Clicking on the topo map buttons in the dialog box doesn't appear to do
> anything either.

Because you don't have any USGS DRG topo maps?

Read README.MAPS for some info.  INSTALL is another good one to
read to get some idea of what libraries are needed to enable various
functions and/or map types.

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