[Xastir-Dev] 1.2.0: shouldn't be trying to connect to terraserver

Reuven Z Gevaryahu gevaryah at netaxs.com
Tue Jun 17 10:55:19 EDT 2003


Alan Crosswell wrote:

> Apparently because the installation puts terraserver.geo into the maps
> directory.
> 
> This is not a good thing as the application shouldn't do Internet access 
> unless
> the person running it asks it to.  Installation of terraserver.geo should
> be optional.

Well, If you've selected it in the map chooser, you've "asked it to".

The only issue that I see here is that Terraserver and Toposerver might 
be getting picked up by automaps if you don't disable raster automaps, 
which is a bad default IMHO, but would require a special hack to avoid.

--Reuven (KB3EHW)



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