I have plenty of time. My whole APRS station has to be set up by early July. I am starting early though because I know I suck at getting things to work on linux, and am particularly worried about getting hardware to work.
On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Curt Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > They have both. However, depending on how the the files are created, > you may have to create a "dbfawk" file to go with them so the labels > appear, or appear as you like. Dbfawk files are specific to Xastir. > There are several on here who could help you with that part, assuming > you have some time still. > > What's your deadline? > > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Skyler F <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Are shapefiles simply lines, or do they have street names, etc? > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Curt Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Also check out the "Services generating custom shapefile downloads". > >> A couple of those look interesting. You want ESRI Shapefile maps in > >> this case. > >> > >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Curt Mills <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > FYI: I wouldn't use cached maps for an event. Too much can go wrong. > >> > > >> > Use Shapefile extracts if you want to use OSM maps. Find links to > >> > extracts here: > >> > > >> > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Shapefiles > >> > > >> > For instance, I can get a Shapefile extract for WA state here: > >> > > >> > > http://download.geofabrik.de/north-america/us/washington-latest.shp.zip > >> > > >> > Which I got to from the first link under "Pre-made shapefile > >> > downloads". It's 129MB though. > >> > > >> > I was using the Cloudmade OSM Extracts, but I'm not sure they do that > >> anymore. > >> > > >> > > >> > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Skyler F <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> >> Oops, when I hit reply, it does that, I don't know why > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Tom Russo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 02:42:48PM +0000, we recorded a > bogon-computron > >> >>> collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > >> >>> > Is it just me, or is everyone getting double post from Skyler > most of > >> >>> the time? > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > To: Xastir - APRS client software discussion < > >> [email protected]> > >> >>> > Cc: Xastir - APRS client software discussion <[email protected]> > >> >>> > >> >>> That's why. Sending to one version of the list, CCing the other. > Both > >> >>> wind up in the same place. > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux > >> http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ > >> >>> Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 > >> >>> http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM > >> >>> echo "prpv_a'rfg_cnf_har_cvcr" | sed -e 's/_/ /g' | tr [a-m][n-z] > >> >>> [n-z][a-m] > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> _______________________________________________ > >> >>> Xastir mailing list > >> >>> [email protected] > >> >>> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Skyler Fennell > >> >> amsatnet.info > >> >> KDØWHB > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Xastir mailing list > >> >> [email protected] > >> >> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Curt, WE7U > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Curt, WE7U > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Xastir mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Skyler Fennell > > amsatnet.info > > KDØWHB > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > -- > Curt, WE7U > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB [email protected] _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
