[Xastir] Shape files from tiger?

[Jack Twilley]

>>>>> "Wes" == Wes Johnston <wes at johnston.net> writes:

Wes> I'm trying to load some vector maps from tiger.  I have a bunch
Wes> of dbf, shp, and shx type files for my area of interest.

Wes> They are in a folder called cygwin/home/Wes/.xastir/map/roanoke .
Wes> I have installed shapelib 1.2.10 .

Wes> I have done the INDEX: Reindex all maps and INDEX:add new maps.

Wes> Still, they don't show up in the map chooser.... what am I doing
Wes> wrong?

Maps need to be stored under /usr/local/xastir/maps in order to be
indexed and used.  This is a known limitation, and I believe there is
already a feature request open on this issue.

Jack.
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