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

[David A Aitcheson]

David VK4BDJ

Adding a I-gate function to Xastir would be a [(coding
nightmare)^(Grand-Mal-Epileptic-seizure)] to say the least.

Out of curiosity, which operating system are you using?

73
Dave
KB3EFS


On 06/10/2014 07:16 PM, David wrote:
> 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
>>
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