[Xastir] Map Problems

[epound at atg.cap.gov]

I'm using Xastir 1.2.1 on RH9.  Looks like it's working if I create a
smaller window (about 1/4 screen) and set the timeout to 120.  If I try to
make the Xastir screen any bigger it dosne't seem to work.  Now I know.  An
way to improve that performance, maybe all the APRS packets clog the pipe.
Let me know if I can help in any way (I'm not a programmer).

Erick Pound

> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 epound at atg.cap.gov wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to use the Tiger Census maps, Toposerver, or Terraserver
>> maps. The only luck I've has is to use the Tiger maps at full world
>> zoom.  Once I move in just one level the maps don't load.  I have had
>> no luck using the Terra or Topo server.  Any help would be greatly
>> appreciated.
>
> What operating system are you using?  What version of Xastir?  Have you
> increased the timeout on getting the Tigermaps?  Sometimes their site
> is slow and we time out before the complete image is
> downloaded.  Try making the Xastir window very small, and zooming
> in to a small area in the U.S.  If that works, experiment to see
> where it stops working.
>
> Did you compile in any of the optional libraries?  Sounds like you have
> at least ImageMagick support if you have anything showing up
> from Tigermap.
>
> Did you follow the instructions in the INSTALL or the README.win32 file
> (depending on type of OS)?
>
> We don't support Tiger/Line map format (but perhaps you're referring to
> the online Tigermap server instead, which we _do_ support, with
> ImageMagick), but we do support the Tiger/Line files which have been
> converted to Shapefiles by ESRI.  That map source is listed in
> README.MAPS.
>
> Do you have a recent version of "wget" and/or libcurl installed?
> We use one of those two to fetch the remote map images.  Sometimes the
> "wget" on some systems isn't up to par.  Sometimes libcurl isn't
> installed at all.
>
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Erick Pound
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