[Xastir] Re: World shapefile map

[Wilbert Knol]

> > > No, you don't need a .geo file for it.  Those are only for

<snip>

> That's because it's not there!  It should be listed as "tiger.geo"

So, for the world shapefile map, I *do* need tiger.geo ?
(Not "tigermap.geo" as per below??)

> Did you do a make install?

Yes. I did './configure && make && make install'

> The complete method should entail the following:
>
> ./bootstrap.sh
> ./configure
> make
> su
> make install-strip
> chmod 4555 /usr/local/bin/xastir
> exit (from root)

OK. I cleanly reinstalled the source tree from the tar ball 
(xastir121-2003-Oct-15.gz) and did the above. The ./configure summary 
is the same as my previous message. As is the contents of 
/usr/local/share/xastir/maps.

XASTIR now says (even without the verbose option):
  Couldn't download the Tigermap image
...and the chooser does not show the world map.

> The "./bootstrap.sh" step invokes autoconf/automake and friends to
> create a new "configure" script which knows about the
> "tigermap.geo" file and therefore knows where/how to install it. 
> If you don't have new enough autoconf/automake, you can instead
> just copy the "tigermap.geo" file to your maps directory, "touch"
> it, then bring up Xastir and "Index: Add New Maps".

I can't find tigermap.geo in /usr/local/share/xastir/maps, nor 
anywhere in the source tree.
Sorry: I am totally ignorant about map file formats. I assumed 
tigermaps had nothing to do with shapefile maps.

Any hints appreciated....I'll get on top of this eventually :-)


Wilbert, ZL2BSJ