[Xastir] locally storing tigermaps

[Curt Mills]

On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Guy Story, KC5GOI wrote:

> I was trying to search the archives on xastir.org to see what to do about
> downloading and storing tiger maps.  From the web site, I get a permissions
> denied message.  I have not tried yet, but I am assuming it is simular to
> storing them on WinAPRS.  Donwload them to a specific folder.  Is this
> correct?

There is one current method supported:
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Download Shapefile format maps that contain tiger data.  One of the
best places to get these files is from esri.com.  See README.MAPS
for a pointer.  You'll need Shapelib compiled in.  You can combine
all of them into one directory if you wish as long as the filenames
don't conflict.

Soon, another method:
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There's extremely minimal support for the raw TIGER/Line files if
you compile in the GDAL/OGR libraries.  All/most of the lines will
appear in the same color and you won't have any labels.  That
integration is by no means complete.  I wouldn't recommend it at
this time, unless you just want to play with it and not rely on it
for driving yet.

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