My first thoughts on implementation for this would be some kind of scraping method maybe? I certainly wouldn't want to abuse Google's servers, but what about passing static strings with the positional as a standard http request and then somehow getting that data to display inside Xastir?
There are KML generators that exist today, I've seen a few but can't recall what or how they work.... Again guys I'm not a developer, more of a tinkerer, so what I'm thinking of may or may not be possible..... Just some random thoughts...... 73's Stephen K1LNX On 8/25/07, Gerry Creager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What we're looking at is dynamically creating the KMLs that look to the > APRS-IS, connect for receive-only and snag the data directly, I think. > There may also be a path to have Xastir spawn a client process to fire > off GoogleEarth and act as the server for the KML seeks. I've not > thought through this, so someone else should take the lead and go for > it. I'll be glad to take issues/concerns/questions back to the Google > developers as I see the team every 2-3 months at Open Geospatial > Consortium meetings. > > gerry > > Andrew Rich wrote: > > We could hit up the programmer of agwtracker - he has maps > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Andrew Rich VK4TEC > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.tech-software.net > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Andrew Rich > > Sent: Saturday, 25 August 2007 11:16 AM > > To: Stephen - K1LNX; Curt Mills, WE7U > > Cc: Xastir User mailing list > > Subject: RE: [Xastir] Making better looking maps > > > > > > So what do we need to do ? > > > > Learn about google map API's ? > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Andrew Rich VK4TEC > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.tech-software.net > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Behalf Of Stephen - K1LNX > > Sent: Saturday, 25 August 2007 10:31 AM > > To: Curt Mills, WE7U > > Cc: Xastir User mailing list > > Subject: Re: [Xastir] Making better looking maps > > > > > > That would be *AWESOME* > > > > Perhaps my overloaded brain and willingness to learn may start towards > > this...... umm yea right.... lol > > > > tnx and 73's > > Stephen > > K1LNX > > > > On 8/24/07, Curt, WE7U < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, Stephen - K1LNX wrote: > >> > >>> One question to the dev's. Is it possible to integrate google maps > into > >>> Xastir? > >> It's been talked about. Gerry Creager did some asking of the Google > >> guys and they said something to the effect of: "Yes, please use > >> it!". > >> > >> Just need a developer with a bit of free time and the desire to look > >> into it. > >> > >> -- > >> Curt, WE7U: <www.eskimo.com/~archer/ <http://www.eskimo.com/%7Earcher/ > >> > >> XASTIR: <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! > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Stephen Brown - ARS K1LNX > > Johnson City, TN EM86uh > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.6/971 - Release Date: > 24/08/2007 > > 2:59 PM > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.6/971 - Release Date: > 24/08/2007 > > 2:59 PM > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.6/971 - Release Date: > 24/08/2007 > > 2:59 PM > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.6/971 - Release Date: > 24/08/2007 > > 2:59 PM > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Xastir mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > > -- > Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University > Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.862.3983 > Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 > -- Stephen Brown - ARS K1LNX Johnson City, TN EM86uh _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
