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

[Curt Mills]

The weather radar sources dried up (pun intended).

Find some more sources and we can add them in.

On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Dale Miller <stpatrick2 at twlakes.net> wrote:

> 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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