[Xastir] Free map access

[Gerry Creager]

Bit torrent, anyone?

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004, Jeff Barlow wrote:
> 
> 
>>I don't know much about these beyond the general concept. From what
>>little I do know, this does sound like a reasonable way to spread the
>>load, and avoid dependance on any one server.
>>
>>I wonder, though, if there aren't issues with firewalls and it being
>>generally harder to set up. Things that are too tricky to get working
>>will tend to discourage volunteers.
> 
> 
> I know that some colleges/universities have shut down the use of
> these things because they are used more for illegal sharing of
> files/music than legal sharing.  That would knock out a few people,
> although I'm sure the college students always can figure out other
> way, like private accounts or friends with private accounts.
> 
> 
> 
>>Am I the only one here who's rather clueless about these things? Perhaps
>>you could educate us.
> 
> 
> I know about them, but haven't used them.
> 
> I think we might do ok just with a Wiki and a lot of download sites.
> Find a new site, add it.  Find a site that has been down too long,
> delete it.  If maps are freely available on a server, just point to
> it.  If there are some restrictions as to download speed/quantity,
> then we download the maps, put them on other sites, and point to the
> new sites.  We have to make sure that we're not sharing map data
> that's not free though.  That's the only downside I can think of.
> Perhaps someone could mirror the wiki pages involved also, so that
> we'd have two or three redirection sites available at all times.
> 
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