[Xastir] NWS Info

[KJ5FA]

Thanks Tom.

This looks promising. I have ran the get-NWSdata script, but it looked 
like it errored out not being able to find the files. I went to the 
webpage where the permanent location was supposed to 
be(www.weather.gov/gis if my memory is good from last night) and could 
not find a way to download a file?

With these new instructions I will try again this evening.

73s,

Kevin KJ5FA


On 2/15/2018 11:34 PM, Tom Russo wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 09:55:51PM -0700, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <russo at bogodyn.org> flavor, containing:
>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 09:31:22PM -0600, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <kj5fa at sbcglobal.net> flavor, containing:
>>> 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
>>
>>   echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] [n-z][a-m]
>>
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