[Xastir] Maps, Maps, Maps

[Jerry Chamberlin]

I have had good luck using map layers to have other maps "peep" through Tiger
maps.



On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, KK6RW wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
>     I've read with interest the messages regarding maps and now after a 
> short time away from playing with Xastir, I want to try some different maps. 
> I'm running Xastir on a Windows box with Cygwin.
> 
>     First, I would like to save copies of online Tiger maps to use when I 
> might not have an Inet connection. I see the different images saved in the 
> map_cache directory but no corresponding .geo files. Is there a way to save 
> these maps without using the snapshot feature? Speakign of the snapshot 
> feature, is there a way to change the default timing of five minutes?
> 
>     About Shapefiles. I've downloaded, extracted and indexed the Washington 
> state shapefiles from http://wetnet.net/~we7u/xastir/maps/shapefile/USA/WA/ 
> but I've now got over 125 SHP files with no discernable correlation to my 
> area of interest. Am I doing something wrong?
> 
>     I've downloaded the county and other shapefiles for the weather warnings 
> but I have not seen them displayed. Will they display over the online Tiger 
> maps?
> 
>     I appreciate any input or suggestions from the group.
> 
> Randy - KK6RW
>  
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