[Xastir] Mapping

[Jason Winningham]

On Nov 9, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Stephen Brown Jr wrote:

> What would be the best option based on what I want?

I use TIGER data converted to shapefile format for street level  
(specifically zoom levels below 128), National Atlas data for zoom  
levels 128 and up, and a world shapefile in the rare instances I zoom  
that far out.  On some systems I use DOQQ (sat photo) and GNIS data  
at very close zoom levels (12 or less).

Depending on what part of the country you're in and how uptight you  
are about precision the TIGER data may not suit your needs.  It works  
for me.

> Also, is there a good tutorial or reference that explains all these  
> different types of maps available?

Not really.  There are lists of several different sources of maps,  
and the old web site had examples of many of them.  Not sure if this  
has made it to the new web site yet.

Ah, here's the page I looked at to get ideas of what I wanted:

http://wetnet.net/~we7u/xastir/SAR.html

-Jason
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