[Xastir] Basic Maps for Xastir

[Jason Winningham]

On Feb 23, 2005, at 11:58 PM, John Kraus wrote:

> I think we are over analyzing the problem.  All I see that is 
> currently lacking is a simple set of basic maps. The Dos maps are very 
> lightweight 347 kilobytes (NOT mega) total for world and regional US 
> coverage. Compressed they are only 221 KB.

It's not necessarily how big they are or how simple it is; sometimes 
it's a matter of who owns them and how legal it is for someone else to 
redistribute them.

Some downloads are legal for an individual, but not legal for someone 
to copy and give away to others.  Someone said they're checking on this 
for the APRSdos maps.

However silly, the setup tool that's being discussed is intended to 
make it easy for an individual user to download the data directly, 
within the licensing restrictions of the original data, where it would 
_not_ be legal to bundle this data with xastir and redistribute it.

Many downloads that are free for you stipulate that you cannot make it 
available for someone else to download; you can only use it yourself.

-Jason
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