[Xastir] RE Maps

[Gerry Creager]

Also look at ftp://aprs.tamu.edu/pub and see if any of the maps in there 
will help.

Curt, WE7U wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007, Murry Brown wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the replies.
>> Here's the info.
>> Xastir V1.8.4
>> Libraries used: Festival PCRE@(#) Motif Version 2.2.3
>> I am running Suse 9.2 pro and have an 80g drive dedicated to
>> Linux.
> 
> Ok.  That version is "oldish", but then we haven't released a new
> stable version since then.  You have _no_ additional map libraries
> compiled in, so you just have the basic default set which includes:
> 
>     USGS GNIS
>     PocketAPRS
>     DosAPRS
>     WinAPRS
> 
> You won't be able to take advantage of any of the nicer Canadian
> maps with the setup you currently have, but you can download any
> maps of the above types and they should work.  A possible exception
> is the USGS GNIS format as we just heard they changed their format
> again.
> 
> Since you're running SuSE, I can probably help you do do some
> updates.  I run OpenSUSE 10.0 currently on several systems and
> create RPM's for that.  You may be able to run one of those RPM's,
> or if not, there's an LSB RPM that should work fine for you.  Either
> of those options will give you more map options than you have now,
> including online maps and Shapefile maps.
> 
> Take a look at this site:
> 
>     ftp://ftp.eskimo.com/u/a/archer/aprs/xastir/
> 
> Examine the "SUSE-RPM" and "LSB" directories.
> 
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