Placefile/ shapefile help

[JeremyS]

To add to what Jeff said: I went to the Wilmington website and tried to figure out how to get a METAR placefile FROM THEM working. Failed. Then, I went to their forum, and then the tutorials, still trying to figure out what to do. Failed. Did anyone else notice that there don't seem to be any posts in the forum, and that there are no tutorials? This is all making me wonder if Wilmington is active at all. Does anyone use them at all?

I can certainly help you with using GRL3 with Allisonhouse, Jeremy, but we first need to know if you're willing to pay for a subscription.

I'd be willing to pay for the subscription. I would want to make sure that I'm not going to have the same font issues I am having now. Anyone know if the placefiles have been updated to work with 4k on Allisonhouse? I see they have a 7 day trial so I can check it out I guess before I commit to anything.

 

[Bob Schafer]

I'd be willing to pay for the subscription. I would want to make sure that I'm not going to have the same font issues I am having now. Anyone know if the placefiles have been updated to work with 4k on Allisonhouse? I see they have a 7 day trial so I can check it out I guess before I commit to anything.

I just logged into my Allisonhouse account and learned a little.

Once you have a subby and an online account set up, you log in, go to "My Account", then under Data Feeds click on Gibson Ridge. You will then have all the available placefiles listed. For METARS, click on "configure". Once there, you can set the font size. Mine is set at 11, but you would want something much larger than that for 4k. I don't know what would be the largest allowable setting. Also, the URL that needs to be entered into your GRL placefile manager to get it working is right at the top of that page with a "copy" button for your convenience.