[Xastir] Better and/or Easier Way to Get Xastir on Windows

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006, Curt, WE7U wrote:

> So I'm sending this to Henk as well to see where the data originally
> came from, therefore whether we can include it in Xastir.  It looks
> like there's no problem as long as the map data it was derived from
> has ok permissions.


After comparing WORLDHI.MAP and world.pdb, the former is more
colorful, has more bits of land in the northern Canada area, and has
the U.S. state borders and great lakes described.

The latter is missing those extra bits of land, is one color, and
has a diagonal line running through Canada.  At least in Xastir it
shows that.

I'm going to reverse my earlier thought:  We'd be better off going
with WORLDHI.MAP even though it is quite a bit larger.  Can someone
track down the originator of the Worldhi.map file (perhaps Bob
Bruninga) and ask?

If we can use it, let's do so.  I wouldn't mind adding one world map
to the CVS sources as long as it's 250k or less and compresses well.
We can always replace it later should we find something we like
better.  Everyone agree?

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