Re: [Xastir] Latest CVS, OpenStreetMaps not showing up

[Jason KG4WSV]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Jason Rausch  wrote:
> OpenStreetMaps does not show up in the Online map directory.


is the .geo (or is it .osm?) file actually there?  if so, have you
reindexed the maps?

-Jason
kg4wsv
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Re: [Xastir] OSM Example DBFAWK File

[James Ewen]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Curt, WE7U  wrote:

> Here I saw problems with the Canadian border -and- the west border
> of Whatcom county, plus a typo:  "Insterstate 90" at Snoqualmie
> Pass.  I'm sure I'll find more as I play.  If someone who's familiar
> with OSM knows the easiest method for updating the database, please
> let all of us know.

The easiest solution is to do what Andrew has already done... get you
to fix it yourself.

I was looking to see if I could find the issues you are trying to
point out, but it is a little difficult to find right where you are
looking at. If you are looking at the OSM map, in the bottom right,
there are a couple links. Hit the permalink, and the URL will change.
Copy the URL, and paste that into a message. Anyone clicking on that
URL link will be taken to the exact view that you were looking at.

Here's a link to Point Roberts.

http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=48.9903&lon=-123.0332&zoom=13&layers=00B0FTF

This is the Cycle Map rendering. I chose that since the Cycle Map
rendering shows county outlines. If you look, you can see the county
outline (dotted line) doesn't quite follow the coast line. This is
because there was a bulk import of Tiger data for the USA. As we all
know, the Tiger data is less than perfect. The good thing about OSM is
that anyone can create a user account, and with a little pointing and
clicking, fix the poor Tiger data, and make the OSM map better.

James
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[Xastir] Latest CVS, OpenStreetMaps not showing up

[Jason Rausch]

I recently did a fresh install of RedHat and then went through the steps last 
night to grab the latest XASTIR CVS and installed it.

Everything is working well, except OpenStreetMaps does not show up in the 
Online map directory.  Could I be missing somthing key?

Thanks!

Jason KE4NYV
RPC Electronics, LLC
www.rpc-electronics.com

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Re: [Xastir] Building dbfinfo

[Bill Hammond]

On 07/09/2010 02:06 AM, Curt, WE7U wrote:


In my case:

cd ~/src/shapelib/shapelib-1.2.10/contrib
make


Hi, Curt!

I'm using the CVS version, so dbfinfo.c in my case is in 
~/xastir/src/shapelib/contrib.


I typed make and was greeted with "make: Nothing to be done for `all'" 
and no sign of the executable.  This was done after building xastir.


I'm sure this is painfully obvious.  Thanks for your patience.

73,

Bill KA1SSR

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[Xastir] Ubuntu 10.04 image remaster

[Lee Bengston]

Hi all,

A new remaster of the Ubuntu i386 desktop live/installation CD is now
available that includes Xastir installed from CVS on July 7th, 2010.
The wiki has been updated at http://www.xastir.org/wiki/Downloads.
This image supercedes the one dated May 30, 2010 and includes the
OpenStreetMap support.  When downloading the image, use either of the
two alternate links for now.

There's also a new Kubuntu image with a July 7th installation of
Xastir that is available via the same wiki page.

Regards,

Lee - K5DAT
'Murphy, TX
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Re: [Xastir] OSM Example DBFAWK File

[Andrew Errington]

On Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:59:11 Curt, WE7U wrote:
> Here I saw problems with the Canadian border -and- the west border
> of Whatcom county, plus a typo:  "Insterstate 90" at Snoqualmie
> Pass.  I'm sure I'll find more as I play.  If someone who's familiar
> with OSM knows the easiest method for updating the database, please
> let all of us know.

Well, you don't update the database per se.  You edit the map and submit your 
changes.

The first thing you need to do is create an OSM editor account.  This 
identifies you as a person who wishes/chooses to edit the maps.

Go here, and click "sign up" in the top right corner.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/

The easiest way to edit the data is probably the Flash-based browser editor 
called Potlatch.  Log in to OSM using the account you just created...

(Go here, and click on "log in" in the top right corner.
http://www.openstreetmap.org/)

...then move the map to the area you are interested in.  At the top of the map 
is a tab marked "Edit".  Click on it, then select "Edit with save".

Now you can see the lines and points of the vector data in your browser.  They 
are live and editable.  Find the object you wish to change and click on it.  
Its properties will appear in the lower half of the window and are simple 
tag/value pairs.  For the case of a typo, find the tag/value with the typo, 
click on it, fix it and hit enter.  Now hit 'Save' at the bottom right.  
Done!

You might need to wait for a short time for your changes to be propagated 
through the database and various mirrors, but you knew that.

That was a whirlwind guide to editing the data.  I strongly suggest you take 
some time and read the Beginners' Guide in its entirety here:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Beginners%27_Guide

Also, if you don't like Flash (and/or don't like Potlatch) then try any of the 
other editors such as JOSM or Merkaartor.

There are two important rules when dabbling with OSM data.

1) Don't copy other maps or data sources.
2) Have fun!

73,

Andrew
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Re: [Xastir] OSM Example DBFAWK File

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 9 Jul 2010, Keith Kaiser wrote:


It sounded good. I changed one item at a time, then small groups,
then finally everything. None of my changes actually translated to
a change of the map... yet I know these dbfawk files do work.
H!


Where did you put the dbfawk file?  There are two locations,
corresponding to two different methods.

System config area:  Read only on startup
Per-map w/naming like the map:  Read each time you enable a map

I've so far been experimenting with the 2nd method with OSM, where I
have washington_*.dbf and washington_*.dbfawk to go with it.  I can
see changes quickly that way.

If I don't see changes for some reason I can always restart Xastir
and then see them.  I don't know when that becomes necessary but it
seemed I needed to do that every once in a while with my
experiments.  I might have been fooling myself though and it might
have just been errors in my syntax at the time, 'cuz I don't think
any caching goes on for the dbfawk files that are per-map.



Other things I've noticed (maybe previously covered) is that the
Kansas map for example extends into Missouri and the other way
too. Another thing is not all the lines are where they should be.
For example the county line between Platte and Clay counties in
Missouri is off by .5 mile or more.


An OSM problem most likely, not an Xastir one.  I see problems in
Washington already too.  See about updating the OSM database with
the fixes so that everyone benefits.

Here I saw problems with the Canadian border -and- the west border
of Whatcom county, plus a typo:  "Insterstate 90" at Snoqualmie
Pass.  I'm sure I'll find more as I play.  If someone who's familiar
with OSM knows the easiest method for updating the database, please
let all of us know.

--
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Re: [Xastir] OSM Example DBFAWK File

[Keith Kaiser]

It sounded good. I changed one item at a time, then small groups, then finally 
everything. None of my changes actually translated to a change of the map... 
yet I know these dbfawk files do work. H!

Other things I've noticed (maybe previously covered) is that the Kansas map for 
example extends into Missouri and the other way too. Another thing is not all 
the lines are where they should be. For example the county line between Platte 
and Clay counties in Missouri is off by .5 mile or more.

On Jul 8, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Keith Kaiser wrote:
> 
>> Those are not too bad Curt, very nice in fact. Now for my long
>> time dream color the county boardsred.
> 
> County Borders?  Look at the *_administrative.dbfawk file.
> 
> http://www.xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:DBFAWK
> 
> has the colors.
> 
> I don't know if they separated the county borders adequately from
> other items, but try editing the four levels in the dbfawk file one
> at a time to see if you can get the effect you're after.
> 
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Re: [Xastir] OSM Example DBFAWK File

[John Ronan]

Hi

Curt, I like yours better than my poor attempt last night.

One tweak I would do though is set the fill_color to 10 for TYPE=forest on 
_natural.dbfawk

For Ireland the administrative database seems to have multiple levels 
(2,4,6,7,10 and 'blank') to represent the same thing, though Level 2 seems to 
be the border with the North of Ireland, and some Sea 'borders'. 

Thanks
John



On 8 Jul 2010, at 22:35, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Keith Kaiser wrote:
> 
>> Those are not too bad Curt, very nice in fact. Now for my long
>> time dream color the county boardsred.
> 
> County Borders?  Look at the *_administrative.dbfawk file.
> 
> http://www.xastir.org/wiki/HowTo:DBFAWK
> 
> has the colors.
> 
> I don't know if they separated the county borders adequately from
> other items, but try editing the four levels in the dbfawk file one
> at a time to see if you can get the effect you're after.
> 
> -- 
> Curt, WE7U. 
>   APRS:  Where it's at!
>  Lotto:  A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown
> Windows:  Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U.
> The world DOES revolve around me:  I picked the coordinate system!"
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