[Xastir] Xastir Maps

Sun Dec 8 06:19:08 EST 2013

Any idea, how I might be able to get back to the Xastir screen? Right now when I start it, just get a blank grey screen with the spinning mouse icon, just stays that way, I would like to get back to the regular screen, but so far no go, I hate to reinstall the OS, because everything else is working so good, I also see you live in Leesburg, I am right over the hill from you (Charle Town WV) and for right now work in Leesburg, you casn see my mobile on a daily basis, k8wdx-7   Thanks

Tom Adsit Ham Radio Call Sign K8WDX   

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On Sat, 12/7/13, Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Xastir] Xastir Maps
 To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
 Date: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 2:28 PM

 http://www.xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:Ubuntu_12.04-binary

 There is a newer version built for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS that you
 can try.  I
 know it worked with online maps when I used it in
 2012.  After downloading
 I believe right clicking on the deb file will give you an
 option to install
 it.  Given Mint 13 is based on Ubuntu 12.04, it should
 be compatible.

 FYI there is no need to install dependent packages like
 imagemagick when
 installing binary versions of Xastir - those are installed
 when Xastir is
 installed.  I was trying to determine if the version
 from the repo was
 built with imagemagick or graphicsmagick support.

 Regards,
 Lee - K5DAT

 - sent from my mobile phone
 On Dec 7, 2013 4:31 AM, "Thomas Adsit" <k8wdx at yahoo.com>
 wrote:

 > I did get Xastir out of the repositories, I have not
 done any compiling
 > yet, dont know how, it is on my todo list, I am using
 Linux mint 13 LTS,
 > right now the program freezes whan I open it, my guess
 is it is looking for
 > a map to load that is not there, anyway I have to
 restart the machine to
 > clear it up, I just get the spinning circle that the pc
 is thinking..I did
 > install imagemajic, not sure if that is what it is
 using right now, I cant
 > do anything with it, I would like to just get it back
 to whaere it was
 > working and go from there, but so far a blank screen,
 with the thinking
 > circle, and nothing else. is says Loading symboles at
 the bottom other than
 > that screen in grey and blank... Thanks
 > Terminal output...
 > k8wdx at k8wdx ~ $ xastir
 >
 >
 > Built-in map types:
 >   
    gnis   USGS GNIS
 Datapoints
 >        pop   USGS
 GNIS Datapoints w/population
 >        map   APRSdos
 Maps
 >       
 map   WinAPRS/MacAPRS/X-APRS Maps
 >       
 pdb   PocketAPRS Maps
 >
 > Support for these additional map types has been
 compiled in:
 >        geo   Image
 Map (ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick library, many formats
 > allowed)
 >        geo   URL
 (Internet maps via libcurl library)
 >        geo   URL
 (OpenStreetMaps via libcurl library
 >               
    Copyright OpenStreetMap and contributors,
 CC-BY-SA)
 >        shp   ESRI
 Shapefile Maps (Shapelib library)
 >        tif   USGS
 DRG Geotiff Topographic Maps (libgeotiff/libproj)
 > Indexing maps...
 > Finished indexing maps
 > *** Reading WX Alert log files
 > *** Done with WX Alert log files
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > Tom Adsit Ham Radio Call Sign K8WDX
 >
 >
 > --------------------------------------------
 > On Sat, 12/7/13, Lee Bengston <lee.bengston at gmail.com>
 wrote:
 >
 >  Subject: Re: [Xastir] Xastir Maps
 >  To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion"
 <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
 >  Date: Saturday, December 7, 2013, 3:43 AM
 >
 >  Yes, I am displaying maps.  I am
 >  using the "Online/OSM tiled mapnick"
 >  choice.  The only other Online/OSM selection
 that works
 >  for me is the
 >  "tiled cycle" option.  I think some older
 choices that
 >  don't work any more
 >  need to be removed.
 >
 >  If those 2 above that work for me do not work for
 you, then
 >  perhaps you are
 >  using a version of Xastir that was provided in
 the
 >  repository of your Linux
 >  distribution.  In order to provide
 additional help...
 >
 >  What version of Xastir are you using?  You
 can see that
 >  under "Help/About".
 >  Under "Help/About" to the right of "Libraries
 Used:", does
 >  it indicate
 >  ImageMagick or GraphicsMagick (need to know which
 one).
 >
 >  When you start Xastir in a terminal, do any error
 messages
 >  show when it is
 >  attempting to retrieve maps?
 >
 >  What flavor and version of Linux are you using?
 >
 >  Regards,
 >  Lee - K5DAT
 >
 >
 >  On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 8:40 PM, Thomas Adsit
 <k8wdx at yahoo.com>
 >  wrote:
 >
 >  > Anyone able to get Xastir to display maps?,
 I got it
 >  working with the
 >  > radio displaying stations, but just the
 blank
 >  background world map, I tried
 >  > the online map now program just freezes with
 the
 >  spinning circle, how can I
 >  > fix this? I am no Linux expert, so please
 terms that a
 >  casual user can
 >  > understand, hi hi.. I am learning though...
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Tom Adsit Ham Radio Call Sign K8WDX
 >  >
 >  >
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