[Xastir] Mapping

[Eric Christensen]

I can get to this site via a web browser but couldn't get connected when
trying to connect to it with a FTP client.  I'd like to be able to grab
all the data at once via FTP.  Is this available?

Eric KF4OTN



Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
> Well I managed to download the shapefiles for my county based off of the
> Tiger map data from
> ftp://aprs.tamu.edu/pub/Xastir/Maps/TIGER/xastir.tamu.edu/2004/counties/TN/
> 
> Inside the zip file I see this:
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   root   2516491 2005-02-27 07:38 TN_Carter_County.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   root   1368321 2005-02-27 07:38
> TN_Carter_County_Poly.dbf
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   root   1746272 2005-02-27 07:38
> TN_Carter_County_Poly.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   root     25444 2005-02-27 07:38
> TN_Carter_County_Poly.shx
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   root       257 2005-02-27 07:38 TN_Carter_County.prj
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   root   1700828 2005-02-27 07:38 TN_Carter_County.shp
> -rw-r--r--  1 root   root    103820 2005-02-27 07:38 TN_Carter_County.shx
> 
> I unzipped these all to /usr/local/share/xastir/maps and started up xastir,
> and found the corresponding shapefile in the maps chooser menu and was able
> to get the map to show up in xastir. Not the prettiest thing in the world,
> but at least it's working.
> 
> Reading over this page
> http://www.swcp.com/~russo/shape_web/tutorial.htmland it appears that
> there are a lot of options you can configure, but a
> little of this was over my head at this point.
> 
> So now that I have some data, I would like to make it look like the
> original
> tiger data and dont really know where to begin? What are all those
> different
> files for and how can I start editing this to my liking?
> 
> I also have MapInfo data available to me as well as Precision Mapping and
> Street Atlas, as Darryl mentioned it would be useful if we could somehow
> use
> that data as well if xastir supports it?
> 
> I have to say this is the most I have ever used xastir and it is the most
> advanced APRS program I have ever used. Good job devs. I got Festival
> working and that is just utterly amazing, it was so cool to hear my
> messages
> read off to me!
> 
> 73's
> Stephen
> N1VLV
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/9/06, Darryl Gibson <n2diy at losch.net > wrote:
>>
>> Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
>> >
>> > What would be the best option based on what I want? Also, is there a
>> good
>> > tutorial or reference that explains all these different types of maps
>> > available?
>>
>> I'm in the same position as you are, so I'll be following this thread
>> closely.
>>
>> Curious, I have a copy of Street Atlas, can I extract map files from
>> that?
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Darryl Gibson N2DIY
>> RLU X 182668/379552
>>
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