[aprssig] Guve XASTIR a RADAR style display

Andrew Rich vk4tec at tech-software.net
Fri Feb 3 15:42:00 EST 2006


Cool,

I will play, looking at the spec now




On Saturday 04 February 2006 06:25, Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Feb 2006, Andrew Rich wrote:
> 
> > Yes I am open to suggestions on how to put a 45 degree line off to one side ?
> 
> How about a real sweep:  Use some Perl to inject a DF object that's
> at the center of your screen.  Keep injecting the object with a
> different angle, sweeping the full 360 degrees.  I think you can get
> the two lines fairly close together but not quite make them one
> line.  Still, would be a cool effect.  Might look more like a clock
> though 'cuz it wouldn't be a totally smooth sweep:  It'd be
> "ticking" one degree at a time.  If it was fast enough people might
> not notice the discrete steps though.
> 
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> 

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