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 <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > [email protected] > > > > > ------- Original Message ------- > On Wednesday, April 20th, 2022 at 11:55 AM, RileyC < > [email protected]> 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Xastir mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > > > -- > > > 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] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Xastir mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- Curt, WE7U http://xastir.org http://www.sarguydigital.com _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://xastir.org/mailman/listinfo/xastir
