[Xastir] Adding offline maps?

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Gerry Creager N5JXS wrote:

> Where possible, avoid files compressed with MrSid style encoding.  If you 
> have to get them, snag the free reader and use 'em as wallpaper. Xastir can't 
> handle the proprietary format.

gdal supports the free (decode) sdk. we could probably support it 
directly, or via gdal, but my raster knowledge is very low, so i have 
resisted looking so far. the decode sdk is available for linux x86, 
darwin/macos and solaris, as well as the "common" operating system.