[Xastir] Live radar images?

Jason KG4WSV kg4wsv at gmail.com
Thu Nov 9 06:01:49 PST 2017


Sources are a moving target. Not sure if Curt's post from a while back may help, but check this out:
> 
> This should make it easier to integrate new WMS map servers with Xastir:
> 
>  https://xastir.org/index.php/HowTo:MAPS#WMS_Map_Servers
> 
> To summarize: Run the new "wms.pl" script against a WMS Map Server's
> GetCapabilities URL, remembering to put a backslash before each '&' symbol
> on the command-line. The script will spit out the two-line file contents
> you'll need to create the .geo files for Xastir. Create those files,
> re-index, and try out your new online map source.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> A couple of lines to try:
> 
> /usr/local/share/xastir/scripts/wms.pl "http\://
> geogratis.gc.ca/maps/CBMT?service=wms\&version=1.1.1\&request=GetCapabilities
> "
> 
> /usr/local/share/xastir/scripts/wms.pl "
> http://nowcoast.noaa.gov/arcgis/services/nowcoast/radar_meteo_imagery_nexrad_time/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities\&service=WMS\&version=1.3.0
> "
> 
> Note that the example lines the script prints out will always have 1.1.1
> for the version. So edit the files to your liking.
> 
> -- 
> Curt, WE7U
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-Jason

> On Nov 9, 2017, at 4:58 AM, Tom Henderson <Tom at Henderson4.us> wrote:
> 
> I see several references to being able to add weather radar to the xastir map, but nothing recent and nothing that works in the version 2.0.9 that I'm running. Am I missing something, or is that option no longer available?
> 
> Tom Henderson
> 
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