[Xastir] Xastir Digest, Vol 529, Issue 1

Dominick Spina domwrx at gmail.com
Sun Jul 22 17:55:07 PDT 2018


This now shows up in the terminal when I start Xastir:

dominick at dominick-AOA150:~$ sudo xastir


Built-in map types:
      gnis   USGS GNIS Datapoints
       pop   USGS GNIS Datapoints w/population
       map   APRSdos Maps
       map   WinAPRS/MacAPRS/X-APRS Maps
       pdb   PocketAPRS Maps

Support for these additional map types has been compiled in:
       geo   Image Map (ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick library, many formats
allowed)
       geo   URL (Internet maps via libcurl library)
       geo   URL (OpenStreetMaps via libcurl library
                  Copyright OpenStreetMap and contributors, CC-BY-SA)
       shp   ESRI Shapefile Maps (Shapelib library)
       xpm   X Pixmap Maps (XPM library)
       tab   MapInfo TAB
       mid   MapInfo MID
       mif   MapInfo MIF
       ddf   Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)
       s57   International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) S-57
       dgn   MicroStation DGN
       rt1   US Census Bureau TIGER/Line

festival_client: connect to server failed
SayText: Couldn't open socket to Festival
Indexing maps...
Finished indexing maps
*** Reading WX Alert log files
*** Done with WX Alert log files
free(): invalid pointer
Magick: abort due to signal 6 (SIGABRT) "Abort"...
free(): invalid pointer
Magick: abort due to signal 6 (SIGABRT) "Abort"...
dominick at dominick-AOA150:~$


On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Dominick Spina <domwrx at gmail.com> wrote:

> To answer everyone's questions:
>
> *Steve - *When I run Xastir in the terminal, it states "Support for these
> additional map types has been compiled in:" and then a list including "geo
> Image Map (ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick Library, many formats allowed), geo
> URL (Internet maps via libcurl library), geo URL (Open StreetMaps via
> libcurl library), and other types are listed. So, it appears it is compiled
> in.
>
>
> *Tom -*
>
> I installed the latest revision as was recommended on the Wiki page, and
> followed the steps exactly. So, yes installed from source.
>
> When I CD into Xastir/Xastir-master, I find no directory or file that is
> Xastir/OSMtiles/mapnik. with the ls command I can only find:
> README.OSM_maps and OSM_template.
> The only .png files I'm finding are the default logos of GraphicsMagick,
> not map images, when using the ls -lrt command. Same is true when I cd into
> ~src/Xastir ls
>
> *The help about section states:*
>
> Xastir v2.1.0
> Compiled: Wed Feb 14 5:14:38 UTC 2018
>
> Libraries used: AX25 Festival GraphicsMagick libProj GeoTiff GDAL/OGR
> ShapeLib PCRE Dbfawk map_caching rtree libcurl1
>
>
> @(#) Motif Version 2.3.8
> GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 2018-01-20 Q16 http://www.graphicsMagick.org/
> xvertex routines Copyright (c) 1993 Alan Richardson, Version 5.00
>
>
> *After checking my version, I initiated command*
>
> cd ~/src/xastir
>     ./update-xastir
>
> Rebooted computer... and
>
> I am now at version 2.1.1 Compiled 7-22-18 (80b3bf1f) and have the same
> issue.
>
> I really appreciate the quick responses.
>
> Dominick KB1WOH
>
>
>
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>>    1. Map tile display issue (Dominick Spina)
>>    2. Re: Map tile display issue (Steve Rogers)
>>    3. Re: Map tile display issue (Tom Russo)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:26:00 -0400
>> From: Dominick Spina <domwrx at gmail.com>
>> To: xastir at lists.xastir.org
>> Subject: [Xastir] Map tile display issue
>> Message-ID:
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>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am new to Xastir. I just completed a fresh install and have had great
>> success with receiving stations and configuring my station. I am using an
>> Acer AspireOne ZG5 loaded with Xubuntu. I am now experimenting with the
>> different map types. Currently, the only map that works is the default
>> worldhi.map (I believe this is an offline map that is static). I am trying
>> to use the internet OSM maps, such as Online/OSM_tiled.cycle.geo and
>> others.
>>
>> With every map, I am getting all black tiles. I have no error or
>> connectivity messages in the terminal. I have played with different
>> settings in the properties tab. When I load the map, it appears to
>> download
>> and load the map (x out of x tiles etc). For some reason, the tiles are
>> not
>> showing up correctly. I have a feeling the process to download them is
>> working properly.
>>
>> On a side note, I get the status message "map not found in cache" when
>> trying to load the Online/nationalmap.gov maps. In the terminal I get
>> "internet map timeout" error messages.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated. Ultimately I want to download an offline map, but
>> I'd like for the online tiles to be functional too. I have not gone as far
>> to try an offline map and see if I have the same issue.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Dominick KB1WOH
>> domwrx at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 12:51:02 +0000
>> From: Steve Rogers <kd5mkv at hotmail.com>
>> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Map tile display issue
>> Message-ID:
>>         <SN1PR07MB23980EB153AACFE89B9E98C685570 at SN1PR07MB2398.namprd
>> 07.prod.outlook.com>
>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Check if graphsmagick is installed. If you use git pull and configured a
>> list of libraries/dependcies will show what is installed.
>> Steve kd5mkv
>>
>> Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Xastir <xastir-bounces at lists.xastir.org> on behalf of Dominick
>> Spina <domwrx at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2018 11:26:00 PM
>> To: xastir at lists.xastir.org
>> Subject: [Xastir] Map tile display issue
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am new to Xastir. I just completed a fresh install and have had great
>> success with receiving stations and configuring my station. I am using an
>> Acer AspireOne ZG5 loaded with Xubuntu. I am now experimenting with the
>> different map types. Currently, the only map that works is the default
>> worldhi.map (I believe this is an offline map that is static). I am trying
>> to use the internet OSM maps, such as Online/OSM_tiled.cycle.geo and
>> others.
>>
>> With every map, I am getting all black tiles. I have no error or
>> connectivity messages in the terminal. I have played with different
>> settings in the properties tab. When I load the map, it appears to
>> download
>> and load the map (x out of x tiles etc). For some reason, the tiles are
>> not
>> showing up correctly. I have a feeling the process to download them is
>> working properly.
>>
>> On a side note, I get the status message "map not found in cache" when
>> trying to load the Online/nationalmap.gov maps. In the terminal I get
>> "internet map timeout" error messages.
>>
>> Any help is appreciated. Ultimately I want to download an offline map, but
>> I'd like for the online tiles to be functional too. I have not gone as far
>> to try an offline map and see if I have the same issue.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Dominick KB1WOH
>> domwrx at gmail.com
>> _______________________________________________
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>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 08:28:12 -0600
>> From: Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>
>> To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <xastir at xastir.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Xastir] Map tile display issue
>> Message-ID: <20180722142812.GA77964 at bogodyn.org>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 12:26:00AM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron
>> collision of the <domwrx at gmail.com> flavor, containing:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am new to Xastir. I just completed a fresh install and have had great
>> > success with receiving stations and configuring my station. I am using
>> an
>> > Acer AspireOne ZG5 loaded with Xubuntu. I am now experimenting with the
>> > different map types. Currently, the only map that works is the default
>> > worldhi.map (I believe this is an offline map that is static). I am
>> trying
>> > to use the internet OSM maps, such as Online/OSM_tiled.cycle.geo and
>> > others.
>>
>> When you say you've got a fresh install, do you mean one that you
>> compiled
>> from source?
>>
>> > With every map, I am getting all black tiles. I have no error or
>> > connectivity messages in the terminal. I have played with different
>> > settings in the properties tab. When I load the map, it appears to
>> download
>> > and load the map (x out of x tiles etc). For some reason, the tiles are
>> not
>> > showing up correctly. I have a feeling the process to download them is
>> > working properly.
>>
>> I would suspect a rendering failure over a download failure, but let's
>> check:
>>  - Select the OSM_tiled_mapnik online source (because I know this one
>> works)
>>  - cd into .xastir/OSMtiles/mapnik and use "ls -lrt" to find the
>>    directory that has changed most recently.  cd into that directory.
>>  - view one of the .png files in the bottom directory in an image viewer
>>    (e.g. "gm display" to display with GraphicsMagick or "display" for
>>     ImageMagick).
>>  - If the image looks good, it downloaded fine and the black thing is just
>>    Xastir's fault
>>
>>
>> Please tell us the following:
>>
>>    What does the "Help->About" box say about Xastir and GraphicsMagick
>> versions?
>>    Mine (which works fine) says:
>>
>>    Xastir V2.1.1 (322d3242)
>>    [...]
>>    Libraries used: GraphicsMagick libProj GeoTiff GDAL/OGR ShapeLib PCRE
>> Dbfawk map_caching rtree libcurl
>>
>>    [...]
>>    GraphicsMagick 1.3.28 2018-01-20 Q16 http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/
>>
>>
>>
>> > On a side note, I get the status message "map not found in cache" when
>> > trying to load the Online/nationalmap.gov maps. In the terminal I get
>> > "internet map timeout" error messages.
>>
>> That server is probably gone.  It may be time for us to remove those
>> options.
>> This happens a lot with tile servers.
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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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