[Xastir] Fwd: Re: Problems with ridge radar maps

[David A Aitcheson]

Dave,

The fix is easy this time! See my reply (below) to the list from a few
days ago...

The NWS changed all "HTTP" to "HTTPS" a while back and never announced
it then recently they turned off the forwarding in the routers.

73
Dave
KB3EFS



-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [Xastir] Problems with ridge radar maps
Date: 	Fri, 3 Mar 2017 15:52:22 -0500
From: 	David A Aitcheson <david.aitcheson at gmail.com>
Reply-To: 	david.aitcheson at gmail.com
To: 	Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org>



Lynn and All,

That is EXACTLY the case. I have tested a '.geo file with the following
changes for the "BUF_N0R" file...

    0a1
    > #[BUF_N0R - fixed url from http:// to https:// by KB3EFS - 2017-03-03]
    4c5,6
    < URL http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/BUF_N0R_0.gif
    ---
    > #URL http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/BUF_N0R_0.gif
    > URL https://radar.weather.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0R/BUF_N0R_0.gif

With above change I am able to get the BUF_NOR map again. (TYX is my
normal Radar but it is down due to a waveguide switch failure.)

Now begins the fun of writing a script to find and change all of the geo
files that need to be changed.

73
Dave
KB3EFS



On 03/03/2017 02:54 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
> I've read on the UI-View list that the NWS has changed their web
> server to redirect from http: to https:.  Browsers will do this
> transparently (but check the URL), but it may be that xastir doesn't
> support the redirection or https: protocol.
>
> Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
>
> On 3/3/2017 11:07 AM, T Harris wrote:
>> I am having the same problem on Fedora 25.  If I manually plug the we
>> address of the map files into a browser it the maps display in the
>> browser so its not a problem with the NWS files.  I have tried a
>> fresh install on another machine and xastir still does not display
>> the maps.
>>
>> On 3/1/2017 1:17 PM, kf4kul at gmail.com wrote:
>>> Hi, still having problems with loading ridge radar maps. I tried
>>> almost everything. I t worked on two computers for years now. But
>>> suddenly it stopped on both computers One is a laptop running Ubuntu
>>> 12.04 LTS and the other is a desktop running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
>>> Any ides or resolutions, thanks Udo KF4KUL
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