The latest files at the download site are in a single zip: http://www.weather.gov/geodata/catalog/county/data/c_15jl09.zip
So it looks like the names in the old one didn't get changed. --- On Fri, 7/31/09, Curt, WE7U <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Curt, WE7U <[email protected]> > Subject: [Xastir] Problems with lighting up Counties, NWS files > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 2:24 PM > > I discovered a problem with the NWS downloaded files which > get put > into /usr/local/share/xastir/Counties and get lit up by > WXSVR or > it's new replacement. The "get-NWSdata" script is > what goes out and > snags these and installs them. > > On my laptop at home it's not lighting up counties. > On the desktop > machine everything's working fine. They have the same > zone > Shapefiles installed. The laptop was updates via > get-NWSdata just > last night and Xastir restarted. > > Here's a bit of the directory entires for the above > mentioned > directory for each: > > Desktop: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 262487 2008-10-03 > 11:15 c_03oc08.dbf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > 167 2008-06-03 07:38 c_03oc08.prj > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14214600 2008-10-03 > 11:15 c_03oc08.shp > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25996 > 2008-10-03 11:15 c_03oc08.shx > > Laptop: > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > 414594 2009-06-24 05:17 c_03oc08.dbf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > 167 2008-06-03 07:38 c_03oc08.prj > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > 14212700 2009-06-24 05:17 c_03oc08.shp > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root > 25988 2009-06-24 05:17 c_03oc08.shx > > See the problem? The files are different sizes but > the same name. > Also the timestamps on the three files with new sizes are > also > changed. > > Perhaps someone could verify whether manually > downloaded/exploded > files look like the top listing or the bottom > listing. I don't know > yet whether the files at the download site are messed up or > whether > our script or tools that it uses are doing it to us. > It needs > investigation though. I suspect it's the zip file at > the download > site that has the problem. > > The problem may be as simple as they've updated the ZIP but > forgot > to change the name, and the DBFAWK signature of the new > file is > different so Xastir doesn't know how to use them... > > This might explain why some people lately have been > complaining that > alerts aren't lighting up! > > -- Curt, WE7U. > <http://www.eskimo.com/~archer> > APRS: Where it's at! > > <http://www.xastir.org> > 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!" > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
