INTRODUCTION
The w_texas package adds maps of west Texas to the visky mapping application. See the visky (n) man page for more information. When loaded, all maps in the display show a county map of west Texas. Other features can be added and hidden from the Mapdata menu. Right-double clicking (mouse button 3) positions a + shaped marker at the cursor location.
DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION
The w_texas package runs with visky.
Download the w_texas data and code via anonymous ftp. The session should look like this:
gcarrie@derecho85$ ftp ftp.tkgeomap.org
Connected to ftp.tkgeomap.org.
220-Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang)
Kernel \r on an \m
This computer system is for authorized users only...
(snip)
... system consents to these terms.
220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (ProFTPD) [69.93.213.210]
Name (ftp.tkgeomap.org:gcarrie): anonymous@tkgeomap.org
234 AUTH SSL successful
[SSL Cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA]
331 Password required for anonymous@tkgeomap.org.
Password:
230 User anonymous@tkgeomap.org logged in.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> bin
200 Type set to I
ftp> get w_texas-2.0.tar.gz
local: w_texas-2.0.tar.gz remote: w_texas-2.0.tar.gz
200 PORT command successful
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for w_texas-2.0.tar.gz (10065861 bytes)
226 Transfer complete.
10065861 bytes received in 9.97 secs (9.9e+02 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> bye
221 Goodbye.
Note that the login address is anonymous@tkgeomap.org, not just anonymous. Enter an email address for the password. Extract the contents with a command like:
gunzip -c w_texas-2.0.tar.gz | tar -xf -
Go into the w_texas-2.0 directory and follow the instructions in the INSTALL file.
MENUS
When loaded, the w_texas package adds a MapData menu with the following selections:
- Find - initiates a search for a place. The type of place sought is indicated by the row of buttons. The search pattern can be an explicit name or a regular expression. See the regexp man page. Searches are case insensitive. If a place is found, the map is re-centered at the place, and the plus marker is moved there.
- Label counties - adds county labels.
- Show lakes and rivers - adds lakes and rivers.
- Show highways - adds highways and major roads.
- Show places - adds populated places. If places are visible, there will also be a Population menu selection which allows user to set the population threshold. Only places with populations greater than or equal to the threshold are drawn. Clicking on a place shows the place name.
- Show airports - adds airports. Clicking on an airport shows its name.
- Land classification - adds USGS land classifications.
- Web - opens various geographical web pages to the location of the plus marker.
- Dot size - sets the size in pixels of place dots.
SOURCES