[Xastir] NWS Info

[Tom Russo]

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> > Can someone point me to the instructions of how to get NWS warnings to 
> > show up on my map in Xastir?
> 
> Looks like there is no one spot where all the instructions are clearly laid
> out.  Rather, it is scattered about in README.Getting-Started and other 
> places.  Even the Wiki doesn't have it clearly stated in a single spot.  This
> is unfortunate and should be fixed.

I have tried.  There is a new "HowTo:Weather Alerts" page on the wiki, linked
to from the main HowTo page.

Please let me know if this is not enough to get you going.

> So here goes:
> 
>   - You must have NWS shapefiles downloaded and installed in your 
>     maps directory.  Get them using the script "get-NWSdata" included in the 
>     Xastir scripts directory.  That's /usr/local/share/xastir/scripts if you 
>     installed from source.  Leave out the "local" if you've gotten via a 
>     binary package.  
> 
>     This script must be run as root (or better yet, with sudo).  
> 
>     NWS changes the format of their shapefiles often, and this requires us to 
>     chase their file format a lot.  If you're not running a recent version of 
>     Xastir, you might have trouble getting suitable shapefiles from NWS.  This 
>     one script is the single most frequently updated file in Xastir.
> 
>     The script in Xastir 2.1.0 or git master was updated recently enough that 
>     it should work and get you the right files.  
> 
>   - Then, after you've downloaded the NWS shapefiles, you must get them indexed.
>     A restart of Xastir will do it, but you could also use the menu entry
>     "Map->Configure->Index: Add new maps"
>     
>   - You must be connected to an on-line APRS-IS source that sends weather
>     alerts.  Only those of a particularly high level of urgency are sent
>     on the normal rotate.aprs.net or rotate.aprs2.net servers.  
>     Firenet.aprs2.net will have the lower level alerts (advisories and
>     watches, not just warnings).
> 
>   - You must enable display of weather alerts in the map menu and NOT select
>     "Disable all maps"!
> 
> That should be it.
> 
> -- 
> Tom Russo    KM5VY
> Tijeras, NM  
> 
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Tom Russo    KM5VY
Tijeras, NM  

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