[Xastir] Maps, Maps, Maps

[Jerry Chamberlin]

Had to set intensity on tiger maps down to 50-60% also.


On Thu, 16 Dec 2004, Jerry Chamberlin wrote:

> 
> 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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