Since some time I'm involved in the development of Xastir, an Open Source
APRS program for X Window, that runs under Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X.
The name Xastir stands for X Amateur
Station Tracking
and Information Reporting.
On the Xastir homepage you could find the
last official release (now V1.1) and the current state of the development
version. Some mailing lists for discussions are available too.
A few features of Xastir
- Connection with the Internet and several TNCs possible
- Support of the AX.25 kernel driver
- Logging of all data
- Vector and pixel maps
- Overlay of maps possible
- Storable map views
- Speech output for special events with sound files
- Speech output with speech synthesis
- Extensive display configuration
The following map formats are supported in the moment
- Vector maps in WinAPRS format
- Maps in GeoTIFF format (with GeoTiff library)
- Pixel maps as xpm file
- American county maps for weather alerts
- Graphics file in 68 different formats, e.g. gif (with ImageMagick)
- Shape files
inf2geo.pl < mapxyz.inf > mapxyz.geoThis script can be found in the scripts directory of the Xastir sources.
I have created a vector map for Berlin/Brandenburg, if you are interested have a look on my Maps page.
2007 Rolf Bleher
