[Xastir] Is there a way

[Jason Hitesman]

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Sorry if this is answered somewhere else but I haven't found an answer
anywhere so I figured I'd post it.

To create local maps from Tiger (and Terraserver/Toposerver) data
easily?  Say for example to have xastir cache the maps used in "Map
Display Bookmarks" so the next time the map bookmark is pulled up the
map will be grabbed from a local cache instead of reloading the same map
from the internet again and again?

I see there's a feature request to not reload Tiger maps if a map change
is made that dosn't affect the tiger map.  I can see what I'm asking
kind of falling under that heading as "smart caching" of the on-line
maps to speed display and cut down bandwith usage.

Then again I haven't had much luck at all with local maps so there must
be something I'm missing.  I grabbed the pre-prepared TIGER maps
mentioned in the README.maps file and put them in my maps
directory...the directory I put them in shows up but the maps don't.
There are .dbf .prj .shp .shx files but they don't show up.  I also
tried grabbing a DRG for my area and the .fgd and .tif files are there
but they don't show up in the map chooser either.

I've compiled in everything except GDAL/OGR (and would have added that
except the remotesensing CSV server says there is no repository for gdal
when I follow the instructions in the INSTALL file :(

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Jason Hitesman
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