[Xastir] Online Maps selections needing attention before next release.

[David]

Hi.....agree that update would be good

ability to have an included igate that can be configured

to my knowledge linux only has 3 igate programs worth looking at
aprsg,aprx2,dixprs....the only one ive got working is aprsg....the other 
two i cant get to work with a AX25 port and a TNC-x...at least i havent 
got the configs correct will keep trying.

73 David VK4BDJ



On 10/06/14 08:56, David A Aitcheson wrote:
> Okay everyone; we have a release about to drop and we might as well FIX
> SOME PROBLEMS that have languished way to long!
>
> Specifically some of the online map ".geo" files that are built in to
> the program that DO NOT work; such as:
>
>      Online/CanadaTopo250k                  (currently only a
>      placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>      Online/CanadaTopo50k                   (currently only a
>      placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>      Online/OSM_tiled_osmarender
>      Online/OSM_tiled_skiing
>      Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_0_relief
>      Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_1_contour
>      Online/OSM_tiled_topOSM_2_features
>      Online/TXRadar                        (points to
>      http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned)
>      Online/USRadar                         (points to
>      http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned)
>      Online/WMSRadar                        (points to
>      http://mesonet.tamu.edu which appears to be abandoned)
>      Online/terraserver-reflectivity        (currently only a
>      placeholderfile in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>      Online/terraserver-topo                (currently only a placeholder
>      file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>      Online/terraserver-urban               (currently only a placeholder
>      file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>      Online/terraserver                     (currently only a placeholder
>      file in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps)
>
> I remember a discussion thread that some of the "OSM_tiled_*" are
> possibly no longer available from a while ago; should we consider
> dropping those map "geo" files from the source and thus clean up the
> maps presentation view for newer and future users?
>
> The same should be considered for all of the "Placeholder" .geo files
> and the MesoNet related Radar.geo files in my opinion.
>
> Others have proposed fixes to the missing radar screen availability that
> do work and are acceptable IMO. In the case of Online/USRadar the patch
> on SourceForge presented by Kevin Otte N8VNR (see
> http://sourceforge.net/p/xastir/patches/3/) works 'FB' on V2.0.5 as does
> a large group of files created/modified by Kevin W Paetzold K1KWP that
> allows one to select any individual Radar site. I have lost track of
> where I got those files for the moment but am still researching.
>
> 73
> Dave
> KB3EFS
>