[Xastir] Tips on organizing many many maps?

[Jack Twilley]

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I've decided to put my copious free time to use by downloading
shapefiles for every county in the United States.  I'm up to six
states (CA, NV, NM, AZ, CT, RI) and I have nearly 4300 maps.

If anyone has any stylish manner of hacking the map_index.sys to force
zoom and level settings, that'd be grand.  The interface in xastir is
great for modifying a few maps, but it's cumbersome with many.

Also, the current default for newly-indexed maps is "automap on",
which may or may not be such a good idea -- for my specific case, it's
not so great, let me tell you. :-)  Is what I'm doing sufficiently
unique that the current default is good?

The license for the maps I'm downloading allows me to distribute them
any way I want as long as it doesn't violate the original Census
license.  What sort of organization would be best?  I download the
following shapefiles:  county 2000, designated places 2000, key
geographic locations, landmark points, line features (all), and water
polygons.  Suggestions appreciated.

Jack.
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Jack Twilley
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