[Xastir] YAFRODU

[Tom Russo]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 01:36:21AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <archer at eskimo.com> flavor, containing:
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, John Kraus wrote:
> 
> > This is why I think the DosAPRS maps should be first choice.
> > 
> > Created by hams for hams no license issues at all.
> > 
> > Very compact and fast so no real overhead on downloads or lightweight
> > hardware.
> > 
> > Tools exist to modify these maps to any reasonable level of precision needed
> > for basic operations.
> > 
> > The hard part is getting someone to include them in the distribution on
> > Sourceforge.
> 
> Naw, that's the easy part.
> 
> The hard part is finding some that have no restrictions/copyright
> problems.
> 
> If someone can find such maps that are in dosAPRS/WinAPRS/PocketAPRS
> format that are ok for us to use and don't add much to our .tgz
> size, we could add them to the distribution.  Actually it might be
> better to not add them to the .tgz but to create a separate download
> for them.  They could be added into CVS though.

I would think it better to add a separate download for them, as is done for
the "xastir-sounds" files.  Some folks will not want the APRSdos maps at all 
--- in fact, I would find them an unwelcome waste of space.  They shouldn't
be part of the source download itself.

On the other hand, making it easy for a new user to go to one place to 
grab source, sounds, and some primitive maps would be a Very Good Thing.

-- 
Tom Russo    KM5VY     SAR502  DM64ux         http://www.swcp.com/~russo/
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