[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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