[Xastir] Format for .geo files

[Curt Mills]

Thanks. I can remove that email from the list and will do so shortly. Sorry
for your loss. I have lost several close ham buddies over the last 10 years
or so.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 11:05 AM <drussell at gpgsecure.com> wrote:

> Don't know if you guys know it or not, but Don Russell passed away last
> year, April 6th. He and I were very close friends. I don't know how many of
> you knew him or talked to him much but I thought I'd reply to this list
> since he was huge into HAM radio. All of his email comes to me now, but if
> you want to remove his email address from the list you may do so.
>
> I don't know anything about HAM radio but I always remember him saying he
> had a lot of gear (and I've seen it) and that "People depend on this stuff
> so let Dad know if I'm ever gone."... so I don't know if when we unplugged
> it all everyone who was using it was like what the heck is going on, but...
> if one of you were wondering, there's your reason why...
>
> Big loss... I still have a hard time getting over it. He and I spoke
> weekly for 25 years...
>
> Woody
> woody at gpgsecure.com
> woody at woodyhughes.com
>
>
>
>
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 at 11:55 AM, RileyC <
> rufus.rizzo78 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >
> > Thanks! Yes I've done that and converted a few. When I point Xastir to my
> > Offline directory with the converted files, there are no maps.
> >
> > The documentation reads like I need a type of index file. I got the USGS
> > csv indexes that match coordinates to the image files. I'm looking for
> the
> > needed formatting for that index file. That's what I'm naively calling a
> > .geo file.
> >
> > I can convert the USGS csv to the correct format, but I want to know what
> > that format is.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Riley
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 11:10 Tom Russo russo at bogodyn.org wrote:
> >
> > > ".geo" files are not for referencing geopdfs, they're for
> georeferencing
> > > images in PNG or JPG format (like a scanned image or something).
> > >
> > > Geopdfs are newer than any map type coded into Xastir, and there is no
> > > native support for them at all.
> > >
> > > You can, however, convert geopdfs to GeoTIFF format, and they'll work
> just
> > > fine.
> > > Since they have georeferencing information in the file already, you
> need no
> > > other additional files to do this.
> > >
> > > However, you do have to convert the file using a script called "
> > > geopdf2gtiff.pl"
> > > in the Xastir "scripts" directory, and this script requires that you
> have
> > > GDAL installed (it uses gdalinfo, gdalwarp, and the "rgb2pct.py" script
> > > provided by GDAL).
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 10:40:00AM -0400, we recorded a bogon-computron
> > > collision of the rufus.rizzo78 at gmail.com flavor, containing:
> > >
> > > > I'm working on getting USGS offline maps, and I'm having problems
> > > > bringing
> > > > them up in Xastir. Is there a format documented for the indexing of
> the
> > > > maps?
> > > >
> > > > The link in the documentation is broken:
> > > > http://data.geocomm.com/quadindex/
> > > >
> > > > I've got the USGS index files that point to the Geopdfs, and can
> convert
> > > > them so they will work like the link mentions, but I'm unsure how to
> > > > format
> > > > them.
> > > >
> > > > If I can get it working I can share my script.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > >
> > > > Riley
> > > > Kf4emz
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> > > --
> > > 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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