[Xastir] Converting Online/CanadaTopo250k to offline

[Curt Mills]

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, James Ewen wrote:

> Curt gave me a script that downloaded all of the 250k files for Canada
> (5GB!), and created .geo files for them.

Actually the scripts are in the xastir/scripts directory in CVS.


> When I select Online/CanadaTopo250k, Xastir grabs the appropriate tiles
> needed to fill the current map display. When using the files that reside on
> my hard drive, it appears that I have to select all of the appropriate files
> individually.
>
> Is there a way to make an entry in the map chooser dialog box that is
> similar to the Online/CanadaTopo250k, but points to the files on the hard
> drive? Something like Local/CanadaTopo250k.

Just put them all under one subdirectory and then select that
subdirectory in Xastir instead of selecting all the map files
individually.

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