[Xastir] basic map question

[Curt, WE7U]

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007, Earl Needham wrote:

>     In the maps downloaded form TAMU -- the "Tiger maps converted to
> shapefile formet" -- what's the difference in the polygon and the
> polyline maps?  Can one or the other be deleted so I have more room on
> my hard drive?

The street maps should be the polyline maps.  Water and county
boundaries and such are in the polygon files.  You can safely delete
the polygon files if you're only interested in street maps.

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