[Xastir] Compression algorithm problem with DRGs

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Jeff Barlow wrote:
>
> > "Curt, WE7U" <archer at eskimo.com>  wrote:
> >
> > >Kind of negates the "big win" in finding free maps, doesn't it?
> > >Makes you spend so much time trying to get them to work, that it's
> > >almost worth buying them from a reliable source.  :-(
> >
> > Well, that depends. Which kind of free are you talking about, beer or
> > speech? If the free maps are in the public domain, or have a license
> > that permits redistribution, then it's worth the trouble to fix them and
> > make them available to the community.
>
> That can be done on a small basis, but it's hard to find someone
> with the disk capacity and large enough pipes to be able to store
> the whole DRG set.  I know I don't have it...  I have something like
> 50MB of storage on my ISP.  I have access to another box that has a
> bit of space but nowhere near enough, plus if the network usage went
> up too much it might be kicked out of it's location.

i have the space, but basically i wouldn't be able to source much except
to people on university networks. "internet 2" usage is encouraged.