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

[BobDonnell at arkalmus.com]

Funny that this comes up today - as it came up over the weekend at the
SeaPac hamfest.  One of the new users was online via dialup, and made
the mistake of selecting the Automaps function, which enabled the
terraserver stuff.  I think it'd be appropriate to make a button/switch
selection for something to the effect of 'use/don't use internet-based
maps/images', so those that would normally/frequently have them enabled
when connected to broadband can disable them when only dialup is
available.  Curt: This is what I IM'd you about yesterday.

73, Bob, KD7NM

>-----Original Message-----
>From: xastir-dev-bounces at xastir.org
>[mailto:xastir-dev-bounces at xastir.org]On Behalf Of Curt Mills, WE7U
>Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:33 AM
>To: Alan Crosswell
>Cc: xastir-dev at xastir.org
>Subject: Re: [Xastir-Dev] 1.2.0: shouldn't be trying to connect to
>terraserver
>
>
>On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Alan Crosswell wrote:
>
>> vaio% xastir
>> curl told us 6
>> curlerr is Couldn't resolve host 'terraserver-usa.net'
>> curl told us 6
>> curlerr is Couldn't resolve host 'terraserver-usa.net'
>>
>> 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, I disagree that the installation of the .geo should be
>optional (but that's only one opinion).  I was the one that put
>those two .geo's in there.  The intent was to make it easy for
>beginning users to have Tiger/Topo/Satellite maps from the get-go.
>Perhaps they should only get installed if ImageMagick and
>wget-or-libcurl are installed, so that the user can make use of the
>online maps.
>
>I do however agree that the app shouldn't do internet access unless
>asked.  This sort of thing can both make users nervous, and really
>kill things on a dial-up line.
>
>I'm considering tweaking the indexing so that one of these happened:
>
>    a) All maps were disabled under automaps by default, or
>    b) GEO's with URL's were disabled under automaps by default.
>
>Would either of those solve the problem sufficiently?  Perhaps make
>sure that the default for the global Automaps toggle was "disabled"
>as well?
>
>-- 
>Curt Mills, WE7U                    hacker_NO_SPAM_ at tc.fluke.com
>Senior Methods Engineer/SysAdmin
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>
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