[Xastir] New Online Maps in Git (Canada & U.S.)

[Dale Miller]

On 8/19/2016 10:26 AM, David Ranch wrote:
>
> Hey Curt,
>
> Playing around with the new maps say aerial.geo, it works from a zoom 
> level of 1 to 64 but with a larger zoom level like 128, the screen is 
> black except for the various APRS objects when zoomed a bit.  Other 
> maps show all grey.  Does the black vs. grey have a significance?
>
>    National.geo        - the screen is light grey except for the 
> various APRS objects
>    Sub_National.geo    - the screen is light grey except for the 
> various APRS objects
>    Sub_Regional.geo    - the screen is light grey except for the 
> various APRS objects
>    Aerial.geo:         - works for zooms 1 to 64 then the screen is black
>    ShadedRelief.geo    - works for zooms 1 to 8 then the screen is 
> light grey
>    Topo1-10.geo       - works for zooms 1 to 8 and then the screen is 
> light grey
>    TopoRelief1-78.geo - the screen is light grey except for the 
> various APRS objects
>
> Other maps like Regional, Coutours, Hydrography, and transportation 
> work fine.  Maybe the black vs. grey behavior is known in Xastir but 
> since I'm still new to it, I'm not aware of it.  Maybe there is a way 
> to display in the UI something like "map not available at this zoom - 
> try  1 to 64".  That would be a lot more user friendly.
>
> I'm also seeing with this new Xastir version when loading these new 
> maps, it's not saying "loading tiles.." in the lower left.  It says 
> "Map not found in cache...".  Is there a way to make this a little 
> more intuitive?  Maybe change this to "Loading map from network..." 
> would be more intuitive?
>
>
> Thanks again for adding these new maps!
>
> --David
> KI6ZHD
>
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Well with that where is the weather radar maps now?

I don't see any way in the newest build to display the weather radar.


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