Fwd: [Xastir] Two suggestions

[Alan Crosswell]

The size of the dbf is not what makes it difficult;  It's what columns there are 
  in it.
/a

Luc Dore VA2KSH wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
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