[Xastir] Idea for re-org of map directories

[Brian Heaton]

Curt,

	That seems pretty reasonable.  In general I end up using either shape
files or WinAPRS formatted maps for zoomed out tracking of large areas. 
When I zoom in for tight work I flip to geotiffs or something like it
(DRGs now).

	The current work I'm doing for the government will be using about a
10km*10km area and DRGs are the map of choice for them.

			THX/BDH




On Thu, 2002-10-03 at 12:55, Curt Mills, WE7U wrote:
> On 2 Oct 2002, Brian Heaton wrote:
> 
> > 	How about a mechanism to disable any of the listed directories for
> > Automaps?  There are times that I want to run automaps, but I don't want
> > certain layers popping up.
> 
> I wasn't thinking about doing exactly that, but I am thinking about
> adding some togglebuttons under the "Enable Auto Maps" button that
> would enable/disable the various types of file extensions.
> 
> I'm still working on this part of the code.  My local version is
> getting faster and faster, but I have to fix a new segfault and some
> other small annoyances before I commit it to CVS.  After I get that
> done I'll probably add the new buttons.
> 
> Does it make sense to have buttons kind'a like this?
> 
> 
>     Enable Auto Maps
> 
>     ---------Raster-----------
>     Auto geoTIFF Maps
>     Auto GEO Maps
>     Auto Shapefile Filled Maps
> 
>     ---------Vector-----------
>     Auto Shapefile Vector Maps
>     Auto PDB Maps
>     Auto DOS/winAPRS Maps
>     Auto GNIS Maps
> 
> 
> I'd probably leave geoTIFF/GEO/Shapefile Filled maps disabled most
> of the time so that only vector maps were being used.  They will
> layer on top of each other nicely without obscuring things.  I also
> want to separate Terraserver into its own button (instead of having
> it as a dummy GEO file) so that I can enable/disable it separately
> as the background raster map just like I can for Tigermaps.
> 
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