Fwd: [Xastir] Two suggestions

[Luc Dore VA2KSH]

Hi Curt,

Right now, I don't have dbfawk in the build.  However I'll add it and 
recompile but only after taxes are done (April 30th in Canada) ):

As you requested I've added a link to geobase on the findwe.com site.

However, the task of creating a new awk filter for those maps (which is 
unchartered waters for the xastir crowd I believe) seems a little 
daunting considering the amount of stuff available from geobase.ca.... 
<insert sigh here>   Just the dbf from Quebec's roadways is 528656545 
bytes (528 Megs) once uncompressed, and Ontario's is 735743376 (735 
Megs) uncompressed.

Would anyone on the list be willing to lend a hand ?

Luc D. -- VA2KSH
PGPid: 0x6A0DF068

On Apr 27, 2004, at 13:24, Curt, WE7U wrote:
>
> You can also compile in dbfawk support, create a dbfawk file for
> those types of maps, then really customize how they are displayed.
> If you do this, donate the dbfawk file back to us so that other
> people can use it, or put it up for download and add it to this web
> site yourself:
>
>     http://www.findewe.com/nwaprs/XastirMaps
>
> In fact, add the site you're talking about above to that page.  I'm
> not sure anyone else knows about roadmaps for Canada.