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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is there a mechanism to use the shapefiles that encompass counties for anything other than an NWS packet?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is an example that will display a FLOOD symbol inside two counties along with county outlines<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PAHFLS>APRS,TCPIP,qAO,WE7U-WX::NWS_ADVIS:070730z,FLOOD,INC129-KYC225 {6H50l<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>After studying the details and documents for this packet (Thanks WE7U!), I am curious if other data could be displayed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is the packet type generic enough?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Can “NWS_ADVIS” be anything else?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am not sure what determines the FLOOD symbol. Is it the product code of “FLS” or “FLOOD”? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A current scenario might be COVID-19 cases in a county, but that is only one example.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just thinking about current world events and APRS.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I know the NWS is US based. Are other shapefiles available for counties, states, provinces, etc.?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope everyone is being careful and rides out this storm successfully!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fred N7FMH<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PS. The New York Times maps and data (free subscription for COVID-19)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/coronavirus-maps.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data">https://github.com/nytimes/covid-19-data</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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