Xastir - Revision history

Franks at 04:02, 2 August 2007

2007-08-02T04:02:09Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:02, 1 August 2007
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	~~XASTIR HAS IT'S OWN WIKI NOW, WHICH LOOKS PRETTY GOOD:~~
	~~[http://www.xastir.org/ xASTIR Main Page]~~
	I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir ([[APRS]] software for [[UBO]]s). The Natural Resources Canada department provides topo maps for free, [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map from the Atlas Of Canada site]		I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir ([[APRS]] software for [[UBO]]s). The Natural Resources Canada department provides topo maps for free, [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map from the Atlas Of Canada site]

	There are scripts that come with xastir that will download and geo reference these for you. Both toporama50k.pl and toporama250k.pl scripts come with xastir, you might have to [[locate]] them on your machine.		The maps usually live in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps and have subdirectories that reflect the areas of interest.

	~~If you have xastir, the download scripts are included.~~ The maps usually live in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps and have subdirectories that ~~relefect~~ the areas of interest.
	The official documentation suggests:		The official documentation suggests:

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	Overlay/		Overlay/

	To do a download of the ~~files~~ from NRCAN, navigate to the top level directory of interest and then execute the perl ~~script~~ $XASTIR_ROOT/scripts/toporama250k.pl		To do a download of the Canadian maps from NRCAN, navigate to the top level directory of interest and then execute the perl scripts that are included with xastir:
	If you haven't set $XASTIR_ROOT then you should just type in the ~~path~~ to where it is installed. ~~The customary install path~~ is /~~usr~~/~~local~~/xastir~~-I think! I'll check and and re-edit.~~		$XASTIR_ROOT/scripts/toporama250k.pl
			$XASTIR_ROOT/scripts/toporama50k.pl
			If you haven't set $XASTIR_ROOT then you should just type in the [[$PATH]] to where it is installed. If you're not sure where it is, you can try to [[locate]] it.


			[http://www.xastir.org/ Official xastir website]

VA3AE at 12:34, 22 March 2007

2007-03-22T12:34:28Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:34, 22 March 2007
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			XASTIR HAS IT'S OWN WIKI NOW, WHICH LOOKS PRETTY GOOD:
			[http://www.xastir.org/ xASTIR Main Page]
	I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir ([[APRS]] software for [[UBO]]s). The Natural Resources Canada department provides topo maps for free, [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map from the Atlas Of Canada site]		I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir ([[APRS]] software for [[UBO]]s). The Natural Resources Canada department provides topo maps for free, [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map from the Atlas Of Canada site]

VA3AE at 22:52, 21 March 2007

2007-03-21T22:52:24Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 15:52, 21 March 2007
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	I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir ([[APRS]] software for [[UBO]]s). The ~~NRC~~ provides topo maps for free, ~~and there~~ are scripts that come with xastir that will download and geo reference these for you. Both toporama50k.pl and toporama250k.pl scripts come with xastir, you might have to [[locate]] them on your machine.		I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir ([[APRS]] software for [[UBO]]s). The Natural Resources Canada department provides topo maps for free, [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map from the Atlas Of Canada site]

			There are scripts that come with xastir that will download and geo reference these for you. Both toporama50k.pl and toporama250k.pl scripts come with xastir, you might have to [[locate]] them on your machine.

			If you have xastir, the download scripts are included. The maps usually live in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps and have subdirectories that relefect the areas of interest.
			The official documentation suggests:

			World/
			Canada/
			Canada/Province/
			USA/
			USA/State/WA/
			USA/State/WA/County/
			...
			GNIS/
			Overlay/

			To do a download of the files from NRCAN, navigate to the top level directory of interest and then execute the perl script $XASTIR_ROOT/scripts/toporama250k.pl
			If you haven't set $XASTIR_ROOT then you should just type in the path to where it is installed. The customary install path is /usr/local/xastir-I think! I'll check and and re-edit.

Franks at 20:01, 21 March 2007

2007-03-21T20:01:47Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:01, 21 March 2007
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	I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir. The NRC provides topo maps for free, and there are scripts that come with xastir that will download and geo reference these for you. Both toporama50k.pl and toporama250k.pl scripts come with xastir, you might have to [[locate]] them on your machine.		I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir ([[APRS]] software for [[UBO]]s). The NRC provides topo maps for free, and there are scripts that come with xastir that will download and geo reference these for you. Both toporama50k.pl and toporama250k.pl scripts come with xastir, you might have to [[locate]] them on your machine.

Franks: New page: I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir. The NRC provides topo maps for free, and there are scripts that come with xastir that will download and geo reference these for you...

2007-02-26T01:53:06Z

New page: I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir. The NRC provides topo maps for free, and there are scripts that come with xastir that will download and geo reference these for you...

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I've had a hard time obtaining Canadian maps for xastir. The NRC provides topo maps for free, and there are scripts that come with xastir that will download and geo reference these for you. Both toporama50k.pl and toporama250k.pl scripts come with xastir, you might have to [[locate]] them on your machine.