This is still not correct. The center is much to far south and the image is the right shape but not as big as it needs to be. Maybe I don't understand what I am doing here. Where can I get info on .geo files and how they work?
Gerry Creager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. Glad I finally found and fixed that bug. I still don't know how it got in there... I really compulsed that system when I first did it, and there's no indication in the .wld file that I changed it (I document things like that...). 2. I suspect the data are a little off for the MAF radar...Try this for a .geo for it: #NWS_RADAR_maf MIDLAND TX kg5qd 07/04/01 URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0Z/MAF_N0Z_0.gif # X Y Long Lat TIEPOINT 0 0 -103.907157 33.406062 TIEPOINT 600 500 -100.471343 30.480860 IMAGESIZE 600 500 REFRESH 300 TRANSPARENT 0x000000000 GAMMA 2 #CONTRAST 0 #LEVEL Jim Morgan wrote: > We finally had some weather around here today so that I could see if you > fixed it. I think you did. THANK YOU muchly. > > You asked why NOZ instead of NOR- when I was setting this up and playing > with it MAF didn't have a NOR image for some reason and I picked the NOZ > just so I'd have something to look at. I guess I forgot to set it back > to NOR. > > Here is the srb_maf.geo file that showed the storms Sunday night too > close to Midland- > > #NWS_RADAR_maf MIDLAND TX kg5qd 07/04/01 > URL http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/N0Z/MAF_N0Z_0.gif > # X Y Long Lat > TIEPOINT 0 0 -103.928436 33.385647 > TIEPOINT 600 500 -100.492622 30.457445 > IMAGESIZE 600 500 > REFRESH 300 > TRANSPARENT 0x000000000 > GAMMA 2 > #CONTRAST 0 > #LEVEL > > 73s, > > > > > */Gerry Creager /* wrote: > > Please try the WMSRadar selection. I found an error that'd been > propagated to my server and I think it's fixed now. > > gerry > > Jim Morgan wrote: > > I need some help. I am new to Linux and Xastir both so please > keep things simple for me. > > > > I noticed today that the radar that I load from the website > www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/RadarImg/NOZ/MAF_NOZ_0.gif is off by several > miles. I am talking in the neighborhood of 50-75 miles. When I > adjust the size of the .gif the center of the radar (the ground > clutter) moves around as I change the size. I had the ground clutter > centered but the edge of a recent storm was real far off. > > > > So I tried the WMSRadar on my Xastir and discovered that the > image is indeed better but it shows the storms about 120 miles north > of their actual location. > > > > What setting(s) do I have wrong? The purpose of this set-up is to > serve as a remote station for Skywarn operations if something > happens at the NWS so I need the radar to be as accurate as possible. > > > > Oh the technical stuff-- Ubuntu 6.06 and Xastir 1.71. I am not > much of a programmer so this is all real close to OEM specs. > > > > Thank you for your help, > > > > 73s > > Jim KE5MKT > > > > > > Jim Morgan KE5MKT > > Midland, TX 79703-6318 > > USA > > 432.425.5606 > > > > --------------------------------- > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! > Mobile. Try it now. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 > Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 > > > > > Jim Morgan KE5MKT > Midland, TX 79703-6318 > USA > 432.425.5606 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > it now. > > > -- Gerry Creager -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.862.3982 FAX: 979.862.3983 Office: 1700 Research Parkway Ste 160, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 Jim Morgan KE5MKT Midland, TX 79703-6318 USA 432.425.5606 --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
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